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OverviewThis ground-breaking book provides the first English-language survey of economic thought in modern Japan. Significantly, it offers both a detailed study of economic thought from 1600 to 1945 and a nuanced analysis of Western and Asian perspectives on the field of Japanese economic history. Expertly translated from Japanese and written by leading scholars in the field, this exciting study includes: * A novel approach to economic thought which contextualizes the core values of thinkers across the period * A comparative analysis of Japanese economic history which looks at the continuities across the Meiji divide * The extensive use of archival sources, many of which were previously unavailable in English A History of Economic Thought in Japan, 1600 - 1945 serves as a case study of how Western economic ideas spread to non-Western regions and interacted with indigenous ideas. It will therefore be of immense value to both scholars of economic thought and those seeking a deeper understanding of the moral, intellectual, and societal forces that shaped modern Japan. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hiroshi Kawaguchi (Waseda University, Japan) , Sumiyo Ishii (Daito Bunka University, Japan) , Ayuko Tanaka , Tadashi AnnoPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Weight: 0.576kg ISBN: 9781350150133ISBN 10: 1350150134 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 13 January 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Maps List of Tables About the Authors and Translators Preface to the English Edition Preface to the Japanese Edition Notes on Style Introduction Module I. The Development of the Theory of Political Economy 1. The Emergence of an Estate-Based Society 2. Samurai in Time of Peace 3. Administering the Society and Saving the People through De-Marketization 4. De-Marketization through Shogunal Power Module II. A Turn Toward Economic Pragmatism 5. A Turning Point in the Theory of Keisei Saimin 6. Shogun Yoshimune and Pragmatic Officials 7. Tanuma Okitsugu and the Era of Intellectual Pluralism 8. The Way of the Market and Domainal Interest Module III. Estate-Based Society and Occupational Duty 9. Occupational Duty and the Self-Assertion of Peasants, Artisans, and of Merchants 10. Economic Thought in a Stationary Society Module IV. Reconceptualizing Japan and the World 11. Japan and National Learning 12. Changes in the Japanese Worldview in the Nineteenth Century 13. Arguments for Opening up the Country Module V. Modern Japan: Its Birth and Economic Vision 14. East Asian vs. Western Views on Human Beings and Society 15. Intellectuals of the “Meiji Enlightenment” 16. The Meiji State and the Promotion of Industry 17. Visions for Policy on Industry and Trade Module VI. Managers of Modern Industrial Enterprises 18. Higher Education and Entrepreneurship 19. Organizers of Entrepreneurial Activities 20. New Industries of the Twentieth Century Module VII. Questioning Modernity 21. Critical Perspectives on Japanese Capitalism 22. Social Policy and Japanese-Style Marxism 23. Japan in an Era of Crises References IndexReviewsEconomic thinking in Japan emerged in a historically unique and distinctive way, and A History of Economic Thought in Japan provides the first full account in English. It is written by well known specialists and has sold widely in Japan. The translation is professionally and beautifully done. By describing not only the development of market thinking but also de-marketization and ideas of a stationary society, the authors' analysis will also resonate with current thinking about post-growth economics. * Mark Metzler, Senior Historian of Modern Japan, University of Washington, USA * Kawaguchi and Ishii's survey of Japanese economic thought courageously straddles the early-modern and the modern periods, when the usual approach is to stay on one side or the other and thereby exile early-modern ideas to obscure academic circles or suborn them to preparation for the modern transition. The authors identify core values on either side of the divide: early-modern concerns with personal and social moral perfection and modern concerns with sacrifice for a competitive pursuit of wealth to bolster the nation. With the balance in coverage, the survey achieves a historicization and relativization of modern values, while also pointing out continuities and similarities of ideas over centuries. We need such surveys so that we can re-assess where we have come from and where we are going. * James B. Lewis, Associate Professor of Korean History, University of Oxford, UK * Economic thinking in Japan emerged in a historically unique and distinctive way, and A History of Economic Thought in Japan provides the first full account in English. It is written by well known specialists and has sold widely in Japan. The translation is professionally and beautifully done. By describing not only the development of market thinking but also de-marketization and ideas of a stationary society, the authors' analysis will also resonate with current thinking about post-growth economics. * Mark Metzler, Senior Historian of Modern Japan, University of Washington, USA * Author InformationHiroshi Kawaguchi is Professor of History of Japanese Economy and Economic Thought at Waseda University, Japan. Sumiyo Ishii is Associate Professor of History of Japanese Economic Thought at Daito Bunka University, Japan. Ayuko Tanaka is Translator of Academic Texts. With Tadashi Anno she has translated Economic Thought in Early Modern Japan (2010) and From Leavenworth to Lhasa: Living in a Revolutionary Era (2008). Tadashi Anno is Professor of Political Science at Sophia University, Japan. He is the author of National Identity and the Search for Great-Power Status in Russia and Japan (2018) and the co-editor of The Dynamism of Global Society (2007). 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