Preindustrial businesses: the time of the merchant -- The many paths to industrialization -- British and German … businesses during industrialization -- Big and small businesses in industrializing America -- Japanese and Chinese businesses … during industrialization -- American, British, and German businesses in the interwar period -- Japanese and Chinese …

From firewood to coal : deforestation and the development of the silk reeling industry in modern Japan / S. Sugiyama … and Izumi Yamada -- The government railways and the procurement of railway sleepers in prewar Japan / Asuka Yamaguchi …