Introduction / Ronald Dore and Radha Sinha -- Memoirs of Japan, 1925-30 / E.F. Penrose -- Depression and protection / Michael French and Thomas Wilson -- Japan and two world economic depressions / Martin Bronfenbrenner -- The Japanese economy in the interwar period / Takafusa Nakamura --...

Introduction -- Choson Dynasty Korea -- Korea in transition 1876-1945 -- Growth of new (Western) education -- Industrialization -- Democratization -- Urbanization and the expansion of the public domain -- Conclusion