1st Edition
Japan's Postwar Economic Recovery and Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1948-1962
By Noriko Yokoi
Copyright 2003
256 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Ever since Japan's economy recovered in the 1960s, scholars have been searching for the reasons for its meteoric postwar success. Until now, much research has been based on the study of Japan's society, its political and economic infrastructure, and its particular model of capitalism. But now that American and British government documents from the 1950s have been released, it emerges that the... Read more
Contents 1. Introduction 2. Open Payments Agreement with Japan 3. Embarking on the Sterling Payments Agreement 4. Learning the Rules of Engagement 5. Britain at the Helm? 6. Limits to Britain's Policy towards Japan 7. Britain and Japan's GATT Entry 8. A Period of Lull 9. The Anglo-Japanese Commercial Treaty 10. Conclusions
Biography
Noriko Yokoi is currently an Associate Strategic Planner with Rapp Collins Worldwide in New York City, USA. She received her Ph.D from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has taught Asian history at Pace University in New York. Her research interests include international history and Japanese history.
