Asia Pacific dynamism, 1550-2000

Annotation This volume showcases the latest research by a team of international scholars into the economic development of the Asia Pacific region. A geographically and historically diverse range of case studies assess core elements, such as industrialisation, markets, education and banking, that are...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Latham, A. J. H. (-), Kawakatsu, Heita, 1948-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge 2000.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; 27.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38517553*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter Introduction / A.J.H. Latham
  • part Part I
  • chapter 1 Globalization, factor prices and living standards in Asia before 1940 / Jeffrey G. Williamson
  • part Part II
  • chapter 2 Four revolutions in the textile trade of Asia 1814-1994
  • D.A. Farnie / The impact of Bombay, Osaka, the Little Tigers and China
  • chapter 3 Europe, China and Japan: transfer of silk reeling technology in 1860-95
  • Debin Ma / Transfer of silk reeling technology in 1860-95*
  • chapter 4 The colonial origins of Korea's market economy* / Myung Soo Cha
  • chapter 5 South Korea's late industrialization in comparative historical perspective* / Jaymin Lee
  • chapter 6 Export dynamics in Taiwan and Mainland China 1950-2000
  • Hans H. Bass* / A Schumpeterian approach
  • chapter 7 Industrialization and institutional change in Hong Kong 1842-1960 / David W. Clayton
  • chapter 8 Education and development
  • Derek H. Aldcroft / The experience of the Four Little Tigers
  • part Part III
  • chapter 9 Another monetary economy
  • Akinobu Kuroda / The case of traditional China
  • chapter 10 Money and growth without development: the case of Ming
  • Dennis O. Flynn and Arturo Giráldez / The case of Ming China
  • chapter 11 California and Nevada minerals in the Pacific Rim 1850-1900 / David J. St. Clair
  • part Part IV
  • chapter 12 The transmission of corporate cultures
  • Frank H.H. King / International Officers in the HSBC Group
  • chapter 13 Chaos and instability
  • A.J.H. Latham / The Asia Pacific rice trade in the 1990s.