Provides a detailed examination of the industrial development of Japan since the Meiji Restoration (1868) and shows the extent to which Japan's urbanization played a role in its overall economic devel
This book explores economic development in East Asia between 1870 and 1953 in terms of escaping or succumbing to four interrelated traps: demographic; political; economic; and cultural. Demographic tr
Purity condemns filth; piety disparages corruption. Amassing riches offered to a transcendental world, the priests of ancient faiths found themselves trapped in contradiction. By loaning out their res
Japanese Industrial History provides a detailed examination of the industrial development of the country since the Meiji Restoration (1868) and shows the extent to which Japan's own urbanization playe
Japanese Economic Development presents three distinct approaches to understanding how and why Japan made the transition from a relatively low-income country mainly focused on agriculture to a high-inc
"This book advances a new theory of why nationalism emerged in the modern world. In particular it explains why nationalism and economic development are closely linked, and why warfare plays a crucial
Revolutionized by the growing use of fossil fuels and electricity and the reduced costs of transportation and communications, international trade and migration has received an unprecedented boost in r
