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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784152003321

Autore

Sagers John H

Titolo

Origins of Japanese wealth and power [[electronic resource] ] : reconciling Confucianism and capitalism, 1830-1885 / / John H. Sagers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36953-5

9786611369538

1-4039-8290-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

338.952/009/034

Soggetti

Capitalism - Japan - Religious aspects - Confucianism - History - 19th century

Japan Economic conditions 19th century

Japan Economic policy 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-169) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the trans-Meiji Restoration story of the ideological transformation that made modern capitalism possible in Japan. To illustrate this transformation, the book looks at four key architects of Meiji Japan's capitalist institutions: Okubo Toshimichi, Godai Tomoatsu, Matsukata Masayoshi and Maeda Masana.