Economic activities under the Japanese colonial empire / edited by Minoru Sawai.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sawai, Minoru., Editor.

Series:

Monograph Series of the Socio-Economic History Society, Japan, 2364-2394

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

History.

International Economics.

History, general.

Japan--Colonies--Asia--Economic policy.

Japan.

Japan--Colonies--East Asia--Economic policy.

Local Subjects:

International Economics.

History, general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 154 p. 20 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Summary:

The main focus of this edited volume is an examination of dynamic relationships among Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and the northeastern region of China, and the economic development of each area in East Asia from the 1910s to the end of World War II. The development of foreign trade in East Asia, the relations between industrialization and consumption in Korea, the transactions in fertilizers and the development of small-scale industries in Taiwan are precisely examined. At present, East Asia is a major economic center of the world. It is necessary to look closely not only at both sides of the “exploitation or development under colonization” paradigm but also at the prewar factors that spurred East Asian economic growth in the postwar decades. A noteworthy characteristic of the Japanese colonial empire was the close economic and geographic relations among Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and the northeastern region of China. Economic integration within the empire strengthened considerably in the interwar years and remained high even during the war as compared to that in European countries and their colonies. What was the irreversible change in each colonial economy by means of forced incorporation into the Japanese empire? What was the impact on economic subjects such as merchants, manufacturers, managers, and workers through the colonial regime? This book provides readers with broad perspectives that are indispensable given that the factors discussed herein are the historical origins of current issues.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction

Part Ⅰ: Problems of Economic Development in the Japanese Empire

Chapter 2 The Formation of Capitalism in East Asia

Chapter 3 The Shifting Axis of Specialization within the Japanese Empire: A Study of Railway Distribution of Cereals in Colonial Korea

Chapter 4 Industrialization and the Rice-Processing Industry in Taiwan under Japanese Rule, 1895-1945

Chapter 5 The Peasants’ Dilemma: Finance and Fraud Problems in Purchasing Fertilizer in Taiwan (1910-1930s)

Part Ⅱ: Book Reviews

Chapter 6 Review of Nak Nyeon Kim, Nihon Teikokushugika no Chōsen Keizai (The Korean Economy under the Japanese Rule)

Chapter 7 Review of Chaisung Lim, Senji Keizai to Tetsudō Unei (Wartime Economy and Railroad Operations)

Chapter 8 Review of Hirokazu Hirai, Nihon Shokuminchi Zaiseishi Kenkyū (Study on the History of Finance of Japanese Colonial Governments).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

4-431-55927-2