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Book SynopsisThe rise of Japan from agrarianism to a position as one of the leading industrial powers is one of the most dramatic and meaningful phenomena in economic history. Professor Lockwood, assistant director of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton University, lucidly describes this astonishing transformation, analyze
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xi*Tables, pg. xiii*1. Foundations of Industrialism: The Meiji Era, pg. 1*2. Japan's Economy in Transition, pg. 38*3. The Scale of Economic Growth, pg. 78*4. Technology, pg. 151*5. Capital, pg. 236*6. Foreign Trade and Economic Growth - I, pg. 305*7. Foreign Trade and Economic Growth - II, pg. 347*8. Structural Change: The Redirection of Demand, pg. 405*9. Structural Change: Employment of Resources, pg. 444*10. The State and Economic Enterprise, pg. 499*Supplement: Japans "New Capitalism", pg. 593*Index, pg. 669