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

Concise overview of Japanese economic history between 1868 and 1941, with a comprehensive guide to further reading (now updated to 1994).

This book presents three distinct approaches to understanding how and why Japan made the transition from a relatively low-income country mainly focused on agric

The rise of Japan from agrarianism to a position as one of the leading industrial powers is one of the most dramatic and meaningful phenomena in economic histor

This newly revised, clearly-presented text looks at Japan's economic history from the nineteenth century through to World War II. Working within a framework bas