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Autore |
Mosk Carl |
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Titolo |
Traps embraced or escaped [[electronic resource] ] : elites in the economic development of modern Japan and China / / Carl Mosk |
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Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-14830-7 |
9786613148308 |
981-4287-53-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (277 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic development - China |
Economic development - Japan |
Electronic books. |
Asia Economic conditions |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-253) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Coping with the western challenge, 1840-1911 -- pt. 3. Traps, 1910-1955 -- pt. 4. Consequences, 1945-2005. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book explores economic development in East Asia between 1870 and 1953 in terms of escaping or succumbing to four interrelated traps: demographic; political; economic; and, cultural. Demographic traps include Malthusian traps and poor health and longevity (measured by anthropometric indicators and life expectancy). Political traps include both domestic traps - corruption, internal conflict - and external traps, namely geopolitical traps involving foreign powers. Economic traps include poor infrastructure (banks, harbors, roads, railroads, steam shipping, hydroelectric power) or raw materia |
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