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200 10$aTraps embraced or escaped$b[electronic resource] $eelites in the economic development of modern Japan and China /$fCarl Mosk
210   $aSingapore ;$aHackensack, N.J. $cWorld Scientific$dc2011
215   $a1 online resource (277 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a981-4287-52-0 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-253) and index.
327   $apt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Coping with the western challenge, 1840-1911 -- pt. 3. Traps, 1910-1955 -- pt. 4. Consequences, 1945-2005.
330   $aThis 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
606   $aEconomic development$zChina
606   $aEconomic development$zJapan
607   $aAsia$xEconomic conditions
615  0$aEconomic development
615  0$aEconomic development
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