The Economic History of Japan: 1600-1990: Volume 3: Economic History of Japan, 1914-1955

by Noah S. Brannen, Takafusa Nakamura, Konosuke Odaka

Overview

This is the first volume to appear in what will be a definitive multi-volume series covering the whole of modern Japanese economic history. Dual Structure covers the first half of the twentieth century when Japan's economic modernization brought the country into the circle of world powers between the two world wars; the economic system established in the Second World War transformed the economy; and postwar reconstruction provided the foundations for an extraordinary economic dynamism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198289074
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/28/2003
Series:	Economic History of Japan 1660-1990
Pages:	444
Product dimensions:	9.44(w) x 6.46(h) x 1.11(d)

About the Author

Takafusa Nakamura is Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo where he held a number of different appointments throughout his career. He was also Director of the Economic Research Institute at the Economic Planning Agency, Government of Japan; Professor of Economics at Ochanomizu Women's University, and Professor of Economics at Toyo Eiwa University. Konosuke Odaka is Director of the Institute of Comparative Economic Studies at Hosei University. Previous positions have included Professor of Economics, Hosei University; Director of the Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University; and Associate Professor of Economics at Hitotsubashi University.

Table of Contents

1. The Inter-war Period: 1914-37, Takafusa Nakamura and Konosuke Odaka2. The Age of Turbulence, Takafusa Nakamura3. The Dual Economy, Konosuke Odaka4. Development and Transformation of Financial System and Monetary Policy, Juro Tcranishi5. The Rise of Big Business, Juro Hashimoto6. Colonial Management, Yuzo Yamamoto7. Wartime Control, Akira Hara8. Transformation of Industries in the War Years, Masayoshi Miyazaki and Osamu Ito9. Postwar Democratization and Economic Reconstruction, Ryoichi Miwa10. Take-Off to the Era of High-Speed Growth, Yutaka Kosai