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The History of Japanese Economic Development
Kenichi Ohno
2017
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This is an easy-to-read book that explains how and why Japan industrialized rapidly. It traces historical development from the feudal Edo period to high income and technology in the current period. Catch-up industrialization is analyzed from a broad perspective including social, economic and political aspects. Historical data, research and contesting arguments are amply supplied. Japan’s unique experience is contrasted with the practices of today’s developing countries. Negative aspects such as social ills, policy failures, military movements and war years are also covered. Nineteenth-century Japan already had a happy combination of strong entrepreneurship and relatively wise government, which was the result of Japan’s long evolutionary history. Measured contacts with high civilizations of China, India and the West allowed cumulative growth without being destroyed by them. Imported ideas and technology were absorbed with adjustments to fit the local context. The book grew out of a graduate course for government officials from developing countries. It offers a comprehensive look and new insights at Japan’s industrial path that are often missing in standard historical chronicles. Written in an accessible and lively form, the book engages scholars as well as novices with no prior knowledge of Japan.
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Keywords
- Bretton Woods Fixed Exchange Rate
- Development economics
- Great Kanto Earthquake
- Industrial policies
- Japan China War
- Japan Russia War
- Japan's stagnant growth
- Japanese economic development
- Japanese economy
- Kobu Daigakko
- Liaodong Peninsula
- manufacturing SMEs
- Matsukata Deflation
- Meiji Industrialization
- Microeconomics
- Minsei Party
- Priority Production System
- Private Dynamism
- Rikken Seiyukai
- SME Loan
- SME Support
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- thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCC Microeconomics
- thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy
- thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history
- thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history
- Vice Versa
- West Germany
- Woods Fixed Exchange Rate System
- Yen Dollar Exchange Rate
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DOI: 10.4324/9781315444048Editions