Latham / Kawakatsu The Evolving Structure of the East Asian Economic System since 1700

A Comparative Analysis
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-136-80948-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

This book is the fifth volume of essays edited by A. J. H Latham and Heita Kawakatsu from the International Economic History Congresses looking at the development of the Asian Economy. Bringing together leading scholars from both the east and west, this book offers fascinating insights into the cotton trade, the rice, wheat and shipping industries and the development of trade and finance in East Asia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Latham, A.J.H.

Kawakatsu, Heita

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, A. J. H Latham and Heita Kawakatsu, Part I, 1. International competition in cotton goods in the late nineteenth century: Britain versus India and East Asia, Heita Kawakatsu, 2. The international trade in rice and wheat since 1868: a study in market integration, A. J. H Latham, Part II, 3. China: a microcosm of the world market for cotton manufactures, 1868-1935, D. A Farnie and Heita Kawakatsu, 4. "Rice moves to areas where incomes are rising": a re-interpretation of Asian economic development since 1800, A. J. H Latham, 5. Changes in landlord economy in the early Quing period of China,1644-1840, Shi Zhihong, 6. Evolution of the economic system in China, 1796-1978, Mi Ru-Cheng, 7. Financial structure of the East Asian economic system with special reference to Hong Kong and Singapore, Takeshi Hamashita, 8. Foreign trade and economic growth in late colonial Indonesia, 1900-1940, J. Thomas Lindblad, 9. On the margins of Asia: the Philippines since 1500, Norman G. Owen, 10. Quasi-vertical integration, monopoly, and Japanese competition in Singapore's pre-World War II export and shipping trades, W. G Huff, 11. Assessing economic growth and standards of living in Asia, 1870-1990, Pierre Van Der Eng.

Über Autor(innen)

A.J.H. Latham is Professor of Economic History at the University of Wales, Swansea and is co-editor of Intra-Asian trade and the World Market and Asia Pacific Dynamism 1550-2000, both published by Routledge.

Heita Kawakatsu is Principal of Shizuoka Art College. Until 2007 he was Professor of Economic History and Vice-Director of the International Research Centre for Japanese Studies in Kyoto. He is co-editor of Intra-Asian trade and the World Market and Asia Pacific Dynamism 1550-2000, both published by Routledge