Japanese Industrial History: Technology, Urbanization and Economic Growth
Japanese Industrial History provides a detailed examination of the industrial development of the country since the Meiji Restoration (1868) and shows the extent to which Japan's own urbanization played a crucial role in its overall economic development. Indeed, the role of urbanization was shaped by powerful technological, political, and environmental imperatives, and cities were at the forefront in creating the physical, human, and institutional infrastructure that were the primary reasons...
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Japanese Industrial History provides a detailed examination of the industrial development of the country since the Meiji Restoration (1868) and shows the extent to which Japan's own urbanization played a crucial role in its overall economic development. Indeed, the role of urbanization was shaped by powerful technological, political, and environmental imperatives, and cities were at the forefront in creating the physical, human, and institutional infrastructure that were the primary reasons for Japan's rapid industrialization. Drawing on a detailed analysis of Japan's main urbanized region—the industrial belt that runs along the Pacific coast of Japan's main island from Osaka Bay to Tokyo—this book shows how the early concentration of labor and capital in the region, and the political will of local and national governments, was the driving force behind Japan's early, swift, and lasting success as an economic superpower.BooknewsProvides a detailed examination of the industrial development of Japan since the Meiji Restoration (1868) and shows the extent to which Japan's urbanization played a role in its overall economic development. Drawing on a detailed analysis of Japan's main urbanized region, material shows how the early concentration of labor and capital in the region, and the political will of local and national governments, were driving forces behind Japan's early and lasting success as an economic superpower. Mosk is affiliated with the University of Victoria, Canada. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
List of Maps, Figures, and TablesxiPrefacexvAcknowledgmentsxviiPart I.Water and Wood1.Infrastructure, Technology, and Geography3A Layered Infrastructure3Infrastructure-Driven Growth and the Long Swing5Geographic Concentration9The Giants Compared19The Approach23Appendix A.1Innovation Waves, Kondratieff Waves, and Long Swings24Appendix A.2Sources of Growth Accounting and the Residual Factor27Appendix A.3Economic Evolution and Endogenous Growth292.Under Bakufu Rule34Extensive Economic Growth34Intensive Economic Growth43Regional Competitive Advantage47Tokugawa Infrastructure in Decline and Crisis503.Manchester of the Far East55The Balanced-Growth Long Swing55From Wards to City63Agriculture in Balanced Growth75Physical Infrastructure81Transportation85Financial Infrastructure: Merchants, Entrepreneurs, and the Zaibatsu87Factories and Mechanization96Osaka Triumphant101Part II.Electricity and Steel4.The Transitional-Growth and Unbalanced-Growth Long Swings113The Logic of Internal Development and the Impact of Global Economic and Geopolitical Change113Physical Infrastructure and Industrialization in the Transitional-Growth Long Swing119The Unbalanced-Growth Long Swing1275.Infrastructure136Electricity and Railroads136Lags and the Pressure of Industrial Expansion on Infrastructure149Land Prices and Speculation157Trucks, Buses, and Roads165The Geographic Pull Toward Tokyo1746.Factories181The Product Cycle181The Proto-Industrialization of Manufacturing and the Industrialization of Proto-Industry194Education and the New Technological Imperative196The Evolution of Banking and the Zaibatsu199A Rich Profusion: Osaka Factories, Large, Medium, and Minuscule2017.Cities213A Social Fabric Under Pressure: Inequality and Well-Being213Center, Middle Ring, and Periphery218Housing225Local Government as Fiscal and Coordinating Agent232Municipal Planning: Theory and Reality235Tokyo Triumphant2438.Conclusions248The Argument Restated248The Rain of Fire254Infrastructure Reworked Once Again256A Rich Vitality268Bibliography271Index285About the Author293
\ BooknewsProvides a detailed examination of the industrial development of Japan since the Meiji Restoration (1868) and shows the extent to which Japan's urbanization played a role in its overall economic development. Drawing on a detailed analysis of Japan's main urbanized region, material shows how the early concentration of labor and capital in the region, and the political will of local and national governments, were driving forces behind Japan's early and lasting success as an economic superpower. Mosk is affiliated with the University of Victoria, Canada. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
