1st Edition
The Economic and Business History of Occupied Japan New Perspectives
Edited By Thomas French
Copyright 2018
210 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Occupation era (1945-1952) witnessed major change in Japan and the beginnings of its growth from of the ashes of defeat towards its status as a developmental model for much of the world. The period arguably saw the sowing of the seeds of the post-war flowering of what some term the ‘postwar Japanese economic miracle’. However, some scholars dispute this position and argue that the... Read more
Introduction – Thomas French
Part 1: Planning, Reform, and Recovery
- Japanese Agency and Business Reform in Occupied Japan: The Holding Company Liquidation Commission and Zaibatsu Dissolution – Steven J. Ericson
- Japan’s Postwar Social Metabolic Crisis – Mark Metzler
- The Role of the Frontier: GHQ's Economic Policies and Hokkaidō – Juha Saunavaara
- An Empire Reborn: The Japanese Fishing Industry during the Occupation – William M. Tsutsui
- Fiats and Jeeps: The Occupation, Jeeps, and the Postwar Automotive Industry - Thomas French
- The Japanese Cotton Spinning Industry and Economic Recovery under SCAP – Takahiro Ohata
- The Economic Reintegration of Former Colonial Residents in Postwar Japan – Steven Ivings
- Good Wife, Wise Mother and Americanised Consumer: The Forced Social Democratisation of the Private Sphere in Occupied Japan – Zsombor Rajkai
Part 2: Industries under the Occupation
Part 3: Socioeconomic Changes in the Occupation Era
Biography
Thomas French is an Associate Professor of Modern Japanese History at the College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Japan. He is a specialist on the Occupation of Japan, and his broader research interests include U.S.-Japan relations, the Japanese automotive and arms industries, and the Japanese Self Defence Forces.
