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Investing Japan: Foreign Capital, Monetary Standards, and Economic Development, 1859-2011 (Harvard East Asian Monographs)

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Description for Investing Japan: Foreign Capital, Monetary Standards, and Economic Development, 1859-2011 (Harvard East Asian Monographs) Hardcover. Investing Japan demonstrates that foreign investment is a vital and misunderstood aspect of Japan's modern economic development. This study investigates the role played by foreign companies in the Japanese experience of modernization, highlighting their identity as key agents in the processes of industrialization and technology transfer. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF; KCM; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.

Investing Japan demonstrates that foreign investment is a vital and misunderstood aspect of Japan’s modern economic development. The drive to become a modern industrial power from the 1860s to the 1930s necessitated the adoption and internalization of foreign knowledge. This goal could only be achieved by working within the overarching financial and technological frameworks of Western capitalism. Foreign borrowing, supported by the gold standard, was the crux of Japan’s pre-war capital formation. It simultaneously financed domestic industrial development, the conduct of war, and territorial expansion on the Asian continent. Foreign borrowing also financed the establishment of infrastructure in Japan’s largest ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
Series
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674417137
SKU
V9780674417137
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Ref
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About Simon James Bytheway
Simon James Bytheway is Associate Professor of Financial History at the College of Commerce, Nihon University, Tokyo.

Reviews for Investing Japan: Foreign Capital, Monetary Standards, and Economic Development, 1859-2011 (Harvard East Asian Monographs)
A brilliant treatise in economic history.
Jerry Bowyer
Forbes
A major contribution to the literature on Japanese financial and economic history, this work is the first comprehensive study in English of foreign involvement in Japan’s modern economy through both loans and joint ventures. It challenges notions of Japanese economic development as a largely ‘autonomous’ process by highlighting ... Read more

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