An edition of The sound of the whistle (1996)

The sound of the whistle

railroads and the state in Meiji Japan

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An edition of The sound of the whistle (1996)

The sound of the whistle

railroads and the state in Meiji Japan

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Steven Ericson has written what promises to be the most thorough study of the Japanese railroad industry in the English language. In addition to the body of research on the industry itself, Ericson has provided an astute analysis of the politics of development and the relationship between state and private enterprise in the Japanese railroad industry during the Meiji period.

He explores the economic role of government and the nature of state-business relations in the course of Japan's modern transformation, and at the same time challenges the tendency of current scholarship to minimize the role of the Japanese government as well as commercial banks in Meiji industrialization.

By providing a fresh perspective on the "strong state/weak state" debate through detailed analysis of the 1906-1907 railway nationalization, Ericson's study sheds new light on the Meiji origins of modern Japanese industrial policy and politics, filling a major gap in the available literature on the Meiji political economy.

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The sound of the whistle: railroads and the state in Meiji Japan
1996, Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University, Harvard University Asia Center
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-491) and index.

Published in
Cambridge Mass
Series
Harvard East Asian monographs ;, 168., Subseries on the history of Japanese business and industry, Harvard East Asian monographs ;, 168., Subseries on the history of Japanese business and industry.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
385/.0952
Library of Congress
HE3357 .E75 1996, HE3357.E75 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 506 p. :
Number of pages
506

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL965302M
Internet Archive
soundofwhistlera0000eric
ISBN 10
067482167X
LCCN
96001612
OCLC/WorldCat
34191116
Library Thing
6338988
Goodreads
633983

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