Labour-Intensive Industrialization in Global History

This volume presents a discussion on the significance of labour-intensive industrialization by leading economic historians and seeks to foster a new academic dialogue on global economic history.

List of contents

1 Introduction 2 Labour-intensive industrialization in global history: an interpretation of East Asian experiences 3 The industrious revolutions in East and West 4 Proto-industrialization and labour-intensive industrialization: reflections on Smithian growth and the role of skill intensity 5 Labour-intensity and industrializaton in colonial India 6 Labour-intensive industrialization in the rural Yangzi Delta: late imperial patterns and their modern fates 7 From peasant economy to urban agglomeration: the transformation of 'labour-intensive industrialization' in modern Japan 8 Government promotion of labour-intensive industrialization in Indonesia, 1930-1975 9 Labour intensity and manufacturing in West Africa, c.1450-c.2000 10 'Colonial' industry and 'modern' manufacturing: opportunities for labour-intensive growth in Latin America c.1800-1940s 11 Labour-intensive industrialization: the case of nineteenth-century Alsace 12 Labour-intensive industrialization and global economic development: reflections

About the author

Gareth Austin is Professor of African and Comparative Economic History and Chair, Department of International History at The Graduate Institute Geneva, Switzerland
Kaoru Sugihara is Professor of Economic History at Kyoto University, Japan

Summary

This volume presents a discussion on the significance of labour-intensive industrialization by leading economic historians and seeks to foster a new academic dialogue on global economic history.

Product details

• Authors: Gareth (London School of Economics Austin, Gareth (London School of Economics London Austin
• Assisted by: Gareth Austin (Editor), Austin Gareth (Editor), Kaoru Sugihara (Editor), Sugihara Kaoru (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.05.2015
• EAN: 9781138901148
• ISBN: 978-1-138-90114-8
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, Economic history, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history