Description: Averting a Great Divergence Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). State and Economy in Japan, 1868-1937 Author(s): Peer Vries Format: Hardback Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 9781350121676, 978-1350121676 Synopsis The most significant debate in global economic history over the past twenty years has dealt with the Great Divergence, the economic gap between different parts of the world. Thus far, this debate has focused on China, India and north-western Europe, particularly Great Britain. This book shifts the focus to ask how Japan became the only non-western county that managed, at least partially, to modernize its economy and start to industrialize in the 19th century. Using a range of empirical data, Peer Vries analyses the role of the state in Japan's economic growth from the Meiji Restoration to World War II, and asks whether Japan's economic success can be attributed to the rise of state power. Asserting that the state's involvement was fundamental in Japan's economic 'catching up', he demonstrates how this was built on legacies from the previous Tokugawa period. In this book, Vries deepens our understanding of the Great Divergence in global history by re-examining how Japan developed and modernized against the odds.
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Book Title: Averting a Great Divergence
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Averting a Great Divergence: State and Economy in Japan, 1868-1937
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: Economics, History
Item Height: 234 mm
Item Weight: 621 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Peer Vries
Item Width: 156 mm
Format: Hardcover
