The Economic Emergence of Modern Japan - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521589460 ISBN 13: 9780521589468

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

This useful book explains how Japan succeeded in transforming an agricultural economy into an advanced industrial economy. Each chapter, written by a leading specialist, explains in detail how institutions, the behavior of individuals and firms, and official policies changed in order to enable Japan to accumulate capital, adopt new technology, ensure a skilled labor force, and increase exports of manufactured goods. The authors pay special attention to distinctive Japanese institutions and policies, the effect of the Tokugawa legacy, and the impact of various wars and the global economy.

About this title

About the Author:

At his death Yasusuke Murakami was director of the Center for Global Communications at the International University of Japan. Kozo Yamamura is the Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Washington.

Review:

"Handsomely produced, The Economic Emergence of Modern Japan adds considerable value to the Cambridge Catalog. No other single volume exceeds it in breadth and comprehensiveness, or in judicious construction of the evidence of more than two centuries of economic change." James C. Baxter, H-Net Reviews

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0521589460
• ISBN 13: 9780521589468
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 387
• Editor: Yamamura Kozo