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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779927503321

Titolo

Asia Pacific dynamism, 1550-2000 / / edited by A.J.H. Latham and Heita Kawakatsu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-58720-1

1-280-05648-7

0-203-46580-6

0-203-24817-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; ; 27

Altri autori (Persone)

LathamA. J. H

KawakatsuHeita <1948->

Disciplina

330.95

Soggetti

Economic history

Asia Economic conditions Congresses

Pacific Area Economic conditions Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; Globalization, factor prices and living standards in Asia before 1940; Four revolutions in the textile trade of Asia 1814-1994: the impact of Bombay, Osaka, the Little Tigers and China; Europe, China and Japan: transfer of silk reeling technology in 1860-95; The colonial origins of Korea's market economy; South Korea's late industrialization in comparative historical perspective; Export dynamics in Taiwan and Mainland China 1950-2000: a Schumpeterian approach

Industrialization and institutional change in Hong Kong 1842-1960 Education and development: the experience of the Four Little Tigers; Another monetary economy: the case of traditional China; Money and growth without development: the case of Ming China; California and Nevada minerals in the Pacific Rim 1850-1900; The transmission of corporate cultures: international Officers in the HSBC Group; Chaos and instability: the Asia Pacific rice trade in the 1990's

Sommario/riassunto

This volume showcases the latest research by a team of international



scholars into the economic development of the Asia Pacific region.