Screen LibraryA history of economic thought in Japan : 1600-1945 /
"This ground-breaking book provides the first English-language survey of economic thought in modern Japan. Significantly, it offers both a detailed study of economic thought from 1600 to 1945 and a nuanced analysis of Western and Asian perspectives on the field of Japanese economic history. Exp...
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Bloomsbury Academic,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2022. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English Japanese |
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SOAS studies in modern and contemporary Japan
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| Summary: |
"This ground-breaking book provides the first English-language survey of economic thought in modern Japan. Significantly, it offers both a detailed study of economic thought from 1600 to 1945 and a nuanced analysis of Western and Asian perspectives on the field of Japanese economic history. Expertly translated from Japanese and written by leading scholars in the field, this exciting study includes: A novel approach to economic thought which contextualizes the core values of thinkers across the period; A comparative analysis of Japanese economic history which looks at the continuities across the Meiji divide; The extensive use of archival sources, many of which were previously unavailable in English. A History of Economic Thought in Japan, 1600 - 1945 serves as a case study of how Western economic ideas spread to non-Western regions and interacted with indigenous ideas. It will therefore be of immense value to both scholars of economic thought and those seeking a deeper understanding of the moral, intellectual, and societal forces that shaped modern Japan"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 263 pages : tables, map ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-252) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781350150133 1350150134 |
| Index Number: | HB126 |
| CLC: | F131.39 |
| Call Number: | F131.39/K22 |
| Contents: | The development of the theory of political economy -- The emergence of an estate-based society -- Samurai in time of peace -- Administering the society and saving the people through De-marketization -- De-marketization through Shogunal power -- A turn toward economic pragmatism -- A turning point in the theory of Keisei Saimin -- Shogun Yoshimune and pragmatic officials -- Tanuma Okitsugu and the era of intellectual pluralism -- The way of the market and domainal interest -- Estate-based society and occupational duty -- Occupational duty and the self-assertion of peasants, artisans, and of merchants -- Economic thought in a stationary society -- Reconceptualizing Japan and the world -- Japan and national learning -- Changes in the Japanese worldview in the nineteenth century -- Arguments for opening up the country -- Modern Japan: Its birth and economic vision -- East Asian vs. western views on human beings and society -- Intellectuals of the "Meiji enlightenment" -- The Meiji state and the promotion of industry -- Visions for policy on industry and trade -- Managers of modern industrial enterprises -- Higher education and entrepreneurship -- Organizers of entrepreneurial activities -- New industries of the twentieth century -- Critical perspectives on Japanese capitalism -- Social policy and Japanese-style Marxism -- Japan in an era of crises. |