Japanese Prewar Growth: Lessons for Development Theory?: 1 (Japanese Economic History 1600-1960)

ISBN 10: 0815327056 ISBN 13: 9780815327059

Publisher: Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

Makes Japanese sources accessible in English
Although much of the work on Japanese economic history is inaccessible to Westerners, many of Japan's leading economic historians have published widely in English. Combined with the work of Western economists who can utilize Japanese-language sources, this series assembles a wide range of English-language articles on the key issues in Japanese economic development. Individual volumes cover the interwar period, postwar reconstruction and growth, the textile industry, demographics, agriculture, trade, and the rise of commerce and protoindustry in the Tokugawa era.

Aninformation-packed classroom and research resource
An introductory essay in each volume discusses the significance of the articles, compares various economic development in Japan with those in other countries, and puts studies in the context of similar studies in Europe. A versatile research resource, this 7-volume set is a veritable gold mine of hard-to-find information and data from diverse sources and a godsend to everyone interested in comparative economic and social history. Professors will appreciate the collection because it gives them instant access to less familiar English-language sources and is an easy way to introduce students to doing their own research. Students will appreciate the many articles as a mother lode of information for reports and papers. Researchers will be pleased by the coverage of more than three centuries of Japanese history and life.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Smitka

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815327056
• ISBN 13: 9780815327059
• Binding: Library Binding
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 276
• Editor: Smitka Michael