Japanese Industrial History - Technology, Urbanization and Economic Growth

List 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

Summary

This text provides a detailed examination of the industrial development of Japan since th Meiji restoration (1868) and shows the extent to which Japan's own urbanization played a crucial role in its overall economic development.

Product details

• Authors: Carl Mosk, Mosk Carl
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2001
• EAN: 9780765607003
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-0700-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Weight: 740 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Japan, History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, History: specific events and topics, Industry & industrial studies, Industry and industrial studies