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Traps embraced or escaped [[electronic resource] ] : elites in the economic development of modern Japan and China / / Carl Mosk



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Autore: Mosk Carl Visualizza persona
Titolo: Traps embraced or escaped [[electronic resource] ] : elites in the economic development of modern Japan and China / / Carl Mosk Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
Disciplina: 327.51052
330.951
Soggetto topico: Economic development - China
Economic development - Japan
Soggetto geografico: Asia Economic conditions
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-253) and index.
Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Coping with the western challenge, 1840-1911 -- pt. 3. Traps, 1910-1955 -- pt. 4. Consequences, 1945-2005.
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Traps embraced or escaped  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-14830-7
9786613148308
981-4287-53-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910456621703321
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