The Role of Tradition in Japan's Industrialization

Another Path to Industrialization
ISBN13: 9780198292746ISBN10: 0198292740 Hardback, 368 pages
Jul 2006,  In Stock

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This volume explores Japan's industrialization from the perspective of "indigenous development", focusing on what may be identified as "traditional" or "indigenous" industries. Available for the first time in English, this volume sheds new light on the role of "indigenous development" and our understanding of the dualistic character of Japan's economic development.

Features

  • First collection of landmark papers on 'indigenous' Japanese economic development available in English
  • Major contribution to our understanding of the overall pattern of Japanese economic development

Product Details

368 pages; 70 tables, 29 figures, 5 maps; ISBN13: 978-0-19-829274-6ISBN10: 0-19-829274-0

About the Author(s)

Masayuki Tanimoto is Associate Professor of Economic History at the Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo. He is currently an academic visitor at the London School of Economics. In 1998, he was awarded the Nikkei Economic Book Prize.

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