Japan Versus China in the Industrial Race

1998. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-1-349-26815-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 308 g

Why has Japanese industrialisation been so much faster than that of China? The relative economic development of Japan and China from similar nineteenth-century conditions are examined in broad philosophical, social, political and historical perspective. The book challenges a common assumption that Chinese Confucianism does not encourage modernisation, while Japanese Confucianism propelled industrialisation forward. It examines further reasons why Max Weber's judgement, 'the Chinese would be probably more capable than the Japanese, of assimilating capitalism', has not been borne out.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhang, Wei-Bin

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by ?e E. Anderson Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction Confucianism in Qing China and Tokugawa Japan: The Value System of the Two Rice Economies Tokugawa Japan: Isolation with Confucianism The Qing Dynasty Before the Opium War: Learning, Prosperity and Stability From Meiji Restoration to 1945: Bifurcating into an Industrial Mentality From the Opium War to 1949: Social Chaos and Poverty Japan after World War II: Rapid Economic Growth and Social Change New China and the Cultural Revolution: Destruction of Knowledge China's Economic Reform: Take-offs with Poverty as Solid Bases Japan and China: Divergence Versus Convergence Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

WEI-BIN ZHANG is Associate Professor of Economics at the Swedish Institute for futures Study. His main research fields are East Asian economic development, Chinese philosophy, and ethics. He has published many academic articles. His books include, and (1996). He was brought up and received his university education in mainland China. He studied at Kyoto University in Japan for four years. He has researched in Sweden since 1987.