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 …

This book explains in fascinating detail how economic and social transformations in pre-1600 Japan led to an … industrious revolution in the early modern period, and how the fruits of the Industrious Revolution are what have supported Japan … since the eighteenth century, improving living standards and leading to the formation of the work ethic of modern Japan. The …

This book is the first volume of a monograph series published by the Socio-Economic History Society, Japan. The purpose … Japan, China, and Britain, and four short book reviews on recent academic works published in Japanese and English. The four … a district of Nagano Prefecture (central Japan) from the 1870s to the 1900s and the subsequent shift from firewood to …

"This fully revised and updated third edition of Japanese Economic Development looks at Japan's economic history from … the nineteenth century through to World War II, recasting analysis of Japan's economic past in the light fresh theoretical … practices on which Japan's post-war economic miracle was based and provides a comparative framework within which the Japanese …

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- I. The Rise and Development of the Modern Cotton Industry in Japan … Development of the Modern Cotton Industry in India -- IV. A History of the Cotton Trade Between India and Japan -- V. The … the Cotton Trade Between Korea and Japan -- Appendix -- Index …

For decades the crown jewels of Japan's postwar manufacturing industry, motorcycles remain one of Japan's top exports …. Japan's Motorcycle Wars assesses the historical development and societal impact of the motorcycle industry, from the … exploring the industry as a whole, he reveals that Japan's motorcycle industry was characterized not by communitarian success …