An analysis of Japan's industrialization in an international, historical and economic perspective, from the time that her ports were first opened to foreign tra

This study provides a broad political and economic examination of the impact of the silk trade on nineteenth-century Japan. It analyzes the economic role of Jap

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

For many in the West, the emergence of Japan as an economic superpower has been as surprising as it has been sudden. After its defeat in World War II, Japan har