Japan and the great divergence : a short guide

Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Part I: The Great Divergence and Japan So Far -- Chapter 2: The Great Divergence Debate -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Explaining the Great Divergence -- 3.1 Resources, Trade, and Globalisation -- 3.2 Institutions and the Market -- 3.3 The Role of the State -- 3.4 Knowledge, Technology, and Culture -- 3.5 Consumption and the Industrious Revolution -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Japan in the Great Divergence Debate: The Quantitative Story -- Notes -- References -- Part II: The Japanese Case -- Chapter 5: Introduction: Interpreting the Tokugawa Economy -- References -- Chapter 6: Resources, Trade, and Globalisation -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: Institutions and the Market -- 7.1 Demography and the Household -- 7.2 Agrarian Institutions and Agricultural Growth -- 7.3 The Institutions of Commerce and the Market -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8: The Role of the State -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9: Knowledge, Technology, and Culture -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10: Consumption and the Industrious Revolution -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 11: Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Glossary of Japanese Terms -- Index.