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Agriculture and economic development in East Asia : from growth to protectionism in Japan, Korea and Taiwan / Penelope Francks with Johanna Boestel and Choo Hyop Kim.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Francks, Penelope, 1949- author.
- Series:
- ESRC Pacific Asia Programme (Series)
- ESRC Pacific Asia Programme
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--Economic aspects--East Asia--Case studies.
- Agriculture.
- Agriculture and state--East Asia--Case studies.
- Agriculture and state.
- Produce trade--East Asia--Case studies.
- Produce trade.
- Protectionism--East Asia--Case studies.
- Protectionism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 255 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A comparative study which describes and analyses the contribution of agriculture to the economies of East Asia. Until now, little attention has been paid to the agricultural sector which actually underpins industrial and commercial development. Recently, this sector has become the focus of increasingly bitter economic disputes, especially over protection and the use of import tariffs. A comparative framework is used, employing case studies from Japan, Taiwan and South Korea to highlight both the common characteristics of agriculture's role in East Asian development, and features particular
- Contents:
- Agriculture and industrialisation : the East Asian case
- East Asian agriculture : patterns and trends
- The role of agriculture in Japanese industrialisation
- The state and agricultural adjustment in industrial Japan
- Agriculture and industrialisation in Korea
- Agricultural adjustment in industrial Korea
- The role of agriculture in Taiwan's economic development
- Agricultural adjustment in industrial Taiwan
- Conclusions : the past and future of East Asian agriculture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-244) and index.
- Description based upon print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781134682744
- 1134682743
- 9781134682751
- 1134682751
- 9781280332029
- 1280332026
- 9780203266311
- 0203266315
- 9780203025369
- 0203025369
- OCLC:
- 71348547
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