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Book SynopsisHere, the authors assert that the pattern of Japan's ascent is essential for understanding China's recent path of economic growth and dominance and anticipating what the future may hold.
Trade ReviewEast Asia and the Global Economy... is an interesting book and would be useful in both advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses focused on economic development in general or on the East Asian region, in particular. -- Nicholas Thomas East Asia: An International Quarterly 2008 On the whole, this book offers an interesting discussion of an important aspect of Japan's economic success in the postwar years and helps increase our understanding of Japan's economic ascent in the postwar years. -- Kevin G. Cai Pacific Affairs 2008
Table of ContentsPreface, by Paul S. Ciccantell
1. Growth and Crisis in the Japanese Economy
2. Economic Ascent and Hegemony in the Capitalist World-Economy
3. The MIDAs-Steel-Ships Nexus
4. Creating Japan's Coal-Exporting Peripheries
5. Replicating Japan's New Model in Iron Ore
6. Transporting Coal and Iron Ore
7. The Restructuring of Global Markets and the Futureof the Capitalist World-Economy
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