1st Edition

Economic Development of China and Japan

Edited By C.D. Cowan Copyright 1964
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 2005. Some of the most important of the world's problems today concern affairs in Asia, and the relations between Asia and the West. To deal adequately with these problems it is necessary not only to master their more obvious elements as they present themselves today, but to go to their historical roots. In particular it is necessary to study the economic history of modern Asian... Read more

Introduction

1. The Kiakhta Trade, Mark Mancall

2. British-Chinese Steamship Rivalry in China, 1873-85, Kwang-Ching Lui

3. China's Nineteenth Century Industrialization: the Case of the Hanyehping Coal and Iron Company Limited, Albert Feuerwerker

4. The Chinese Labour Force in the First Part of the Twentieth Century, Jean Chesneaux

5. Sino-Soviet Economic Relations: A Re-appraisal, Alexander Eckstein

6. A Chinese Discussion on Planning for Balanced Growth. A summary of the views of Ma Yin-ch'u and his Critics, K.R. Walker

7. Factors in Japan's Economic Growth, G.C. Allen

8. Capital Formation in Pre-War Japan: Current Findings and Future Problems, Henry Rosovsky

9. Economic Development and Foreign Trade in Pre-War Japan, Miyohei Shinohara

 

Biography

C.D. Cowan Professor of the History of South-East Asia School of Oriental and African Studies University of London