Introduction / A.J.H. Latham -- An interview with Peter Mathias / A.J.H. Latham -- Barges and bargemasters on the thames in the eighteenth century / H.I.H. Crown Prince Naruhito -- Edo and water / H.I.H. Crown Prince Naruhito -- Consuming plants : botany and consumer society / Toshio Kusamitsu...

Thesis abstract / Blurb -- Preface: economic thought and the intellectual legacy of colonialism -- Acknowledgments -- William Petty : biographical and historical background -- Petty and the colonialist roots of development economics -- Petty's economic thought and the fiscal-military state --...

This book covers the development of Economics in Japan from the inter-war period to the 2000s focusing on the international theoretical contributions of Japanese economists. The first focal point is the international contributions of Japanese economists before and after World War II. The second...