and Europe, using Japan's Tokugawa era (1603-1868) as a benchmark from which to consider public goods provision in Prussia …, China, and England. Japan is similar in size to a European country and linked to China through shared beliefs and practices …

Scholarly discussions on economic development in history, specifically those linked to industrialization or modern …" in early modern economies from the perspective of Japanese socioeconomic history during Tokugawa era (1603-1868), and by … comparing those cases with others from Europe and China's economic history. The contributors focus on three areas of inquiry …