Japanese Industrial History: Technology, Urbanization and Economic Growth

by Carl Mosk

Overview

A detailed examination of the industrial development of Japan since the Meiji Restoration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765607003
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/31/2001
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

I: Water and Wood; 1: Infrastructure, Technology, and Geography; 2: Under Bakufu Rule; 3: Manchester of the Far East; II: Electricity and Steel; 4: The Transitional-Growth and Unbalanced-Growth Long Swings; 5: Infrastructure; 6: Factories; 7: Cities; 8: Conclusions

Editorial Reviews

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 development. Drawing on a detailed analysis of Japan's main urbanized region, material shows how the early concentration of labor and capital in the region, and the political will of local and national governments, were driving forces behind Japan's early and lasting success as an economic superpower. Mosk is affiliated with the University of Victoria, Canada. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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