The Economic Emergence of Modern Japan

The Economic Emergence of Modern Japan is a useful book for those interested in how Japan succeeded in transforming an agricultural economy into an advanced industrial economy. This volume brings together chapters from The Cambridge History of Japan, Volumes 5 and 6, and The Cambridge Economic History of Europe, Volume 7, part 2. Each of the seven chapters, written by leading specialists in Japanese economic history, explains in an authoritative, detailed analysis how institutions, the behaviour of individuals and firms, and official policies changed in order to enable Japan to accumulate capital, adopt new technology, ensure a skilled labour-force, and increase exports of manufactured goods. The authors pay special attention to distinctive Japanese institutions and policies, the effect of the Tokugawa legacy, and the impact of various wars, and the global economy.

Preface

vii

1 Economic change in the nineteenth century

1

(49)

E. SYDNEY CRAWCOUR, Australian National University

The economy at the beginning of the nineteenth century

3

(16)

The Tempo reforms

19

(13)

The opening of foreign trade

32

(5)

The Meiji Restoration: continuity and change

37

(5)

Economic development, 1868-1885

42

(4)

The transition and its nature

46

(4)

2 Industrialization and technological change, 1885-1920

50

(66)

E. SYDNEY CRAWCOUR, Australian National University

Economic growth, 1885-1920

50

(6)

Building infrastructure, 1885-1913

56

(12)

The traditional sector, 1885-1913

68

(18)

The modern sector, 1885-1913

86

(15)

World War I

101

(8)

The role of the state

109

(7)

3 Depression, recovery, and war, 1920-1945

116

(43)

TAKAFUSA NAKAMURA, Tokyo University

Introduction

116

(3)

The era of recessions

119

(13)

Recovery

132

(13)

War

145

(12)

Conclusion

157

(2)

4 The postwar Japanese economy, 1945-1973

159

(44)

YUTAKA KOSAI, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Postwar economic reform and recovery

160

(7)

Macroeconomic performance

167

(14)

The changing industrial structure

181

(11)

Characteristics of Japanese enterprises

192

(6)

Economic policy

198

(5)

5 Capital formation in Japan

203

(36)

KAZUSHI OHKAWA, Hitotsubashi University

HENRY ROSOVSKY, Harvard University

Introduction

203

(1)

The pre-modern background

204

(7)

The Meiji Restoration and its aftermath

211

(9)

Twentieth-century Japan: the economics of trend acceleration

220

(12)

An interpretation

232

(7)

6 Factory labour and the industrial revolution in Japan

239

(55)

KOJI TAIRA, University of Illinois

Introduction

239

(4)

The preconditions for factory labour, 1850-1890

243

(11)

Factory labour, 1890-1910

254

(18)

The emergence of Japanese-style management

272

(20)

Conclusion

292

(2)

7 Entrepreneurship, ownership, and management in Japan

294

(59)

KOZO YAMAMURA, University of Washington

Introduction

294

(3)

The rise and composition of Japanese entrepreneurship

297

(25)

Ownership and control

322

(20)

The managerial system

342

(7)

Conclusion

349

(4)

Bibliography

353

(10)

Index

363

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