From foot soldier to finance minister : Takahashi Korekiyo, Japan's Keynes / Richard J. Smethurst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smethurst, Richard J.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 292.

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 292

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Takahashi, Korekiyo, 1854-1936.

Takahashi, Korekiyo.

Statesmen--Japan--Biography.

Statesmen.

Japan.

Japan--Politics and government--1912-1945.

Politics and government.

Finance, Public--Japan--History.

Finance, Public.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 377 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Takahashi Korekiyo, Japan's Keynes

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2007.

Contents:

A remarkable beginning, 1854-67

Takahashi in San Francisco, 1867-68

Many mentors, few teachers: Takahashi's career in and out of government, 1869-81

Japan's first trademark and patent laws, 1881-89

Maeda Masana and the debate over industrial policy, 1882-85

Managing a silver mine in Peru, 1889-90

Entering the Bank of Japan, 1892-1904

Fundraising during the Russo-Japanese War: 1904

Fundraising during the Russo-Japanese War: 1905

The lessons of Wars, 1906-18

Taishō democracy, 1918-27

"Japan's Keynes": Japan and the world depression, 1929-34

Takahashi's fiscal policies and the rise of militarism, 1932-36

Conclusion: Takahashi's economic philosophy and its roots.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-344) and index.

ISBN:

0674026012

9780674026018

OCLC:

87765360