Economic thought in early modern Japan / edited by Bettina Gramlich-Oka, Gregory Smits.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gramlich-Oka, Bettina.

Smits, Gregory, 1960-

Series:

Monies, markets, and finance in East Asia, 1600-1900 ; v. 1.

Monies, markets, and finance in East Asia, 1600-1900, 2210-2876 ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Japan--History--To 1800.

Economics.

Economics--Japan--History--19th century.

Japan--Economic conditions--1600-1868.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume explores early-modern formations of economic thought and policy in a country widely regarded as having followed a unique, non-Western path to capitalism. In discussing such topics as money and the state, freedom and control, national interest ideology, shogunal politics and networks, case studies of the Saga Domain and Ryukyu Kingdom, Confucian banking, early Meiji entrepreneurship, and relationships between macroeconomic fluctuations and policy, the essays here deepen and revise our understanding of early-modern Japan. They also enlarge and refine the analytical vocabulary for describing early-modern economic thought and policy, thereby raising issues of interest to scholars of world history and economic thought outside of Japan or East Asia.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / B. Gramlich-Oka and G. Smits

Introduction. The Autonomy Of Market Activity And The Emergence Of Keizai Thought / Mark Metzler and Gregory Smits

Money And The State: Medieval Precursors Of The Early Modern Economy / Ethan Segal

Economic Thought Concerning Freedom And Control / Kawaguchi Hiroshi

Guiding Horses With Rotten Reins: Economic Thought In The Eighteenth-Century Kingdom Of Ryukyu / Gregory Smits

The Shift to Domestic Sugar and the Ideology of ‘The National Interest’ / Ochiai Kō

A Domain Doctor And Shogunal Policies / Bettina Gramlich-Oka

The Economic Thought Of Shjōi Kōki And The Tenpō Reforms In Saga Domain / Jan Sýkora

Confucian Banking: The Community Granary (Shasō) In Rhetoric And Practice / Mark J. Ravina

From Tokugawa To Meiji: The Economic Thought Of A Local Entrepreneur In The Early Meiji Era / Ishii Sumiyo

Policy Space, Polarities, And Regimes / Mark Metzler

Glossary / B. Gramlich-Oka and G. Smits

References / B. Gramlich-Oka and G. Smits

Index / B. Gramlich-Oka and G. Smits.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-12670-2

9786613126702

90-04-19020-1

OCLC:

731647029

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004183834.i-298 DOI