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Author:   A.J.H. Latham (University of Wales, Swansea, UK) ,  Heita Kawakatsu (Shizuoka Prefectural Government, Japan) ,  Heita Kawakatsu
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9781138298606

ISBN 10:   1138298603
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   14 February 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction (A.J.H. Latham) PART I 1. An Interview with Peter Mathias (A.J.H. Latham) PART II 2. Barges and Bargemasters on the Thames in the Eighteenth Century (H.I.H. Crown Prince Naruhito) 3. Edo and Water (H.I.H. Crown Prince Naruhito) 4. Consuming Plants: Botany and Consumer Society (Toshio Kusamitsu) 5. Invisible Links: Maritime Trade between Japan and South Asia in the Early Modern Period (Ryuto Shimada) 6. Knowledge and Use of Japanese by the Dutch on Dejima Island, Nagasaki (L.M. Cullen) 7. India’s Role in the Industrial Revolution (Heita Kawakatsu) 8. India and the Emergence of the International Economy: A Synopsis (A.J.H. Latham) 9. Steamship Competition in Asia in the Late Nineteenth Century: Britain and the United States (Masami Kita) 10. Reorganization of the Mixed Court System in Shanghai, 1906-1913 (Eiichi Motono) 11. The Dispute over the Quality of Rice Exports from Siam to Europe in the 1920s (Toshiyuki Miyata) 12. Japan’s Economic Diplomacy in Colonial Africa during the Inter-war Period: Japanese Consular Reports (Katsuhiko Kitagawa)

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A.J.H. Latham was Senior Lecturer in International Economic History at the University of Wales, Swansea (now Swansea University), and is in active retirement. He is co-editor of many studies including Intra-Asian Trade and Industrialization, and The Evolving Structure of the East Asian Economic System since 1700, both published by Routledge. Heita Kawakatsu is the Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture since 2009. Prior, he was President of Shizuoka University of Art and Culture and Professor of Economic History and Vice Director of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto. He is co-editor of many studies including Intra-Asian Trade and Industrialization and The Evolving Structure of the East Asian Economic System since 1700, both published by Routledge.

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