An East Asian Route of Industrialization? The Case of Japan, 1868-1937

An East Asian Route of Industrialization? The Case of Japan, 1868-1937
Author: Peer Vries
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2022-08-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9004520171

The idea has become popular that industrialisation in East Asia, in particular Japan, was fundamentally differently from Western industrialization because it would have been much more labour-intensive. This book shows that this claim is unfounded.