History of Economic Thought in Japan

This 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. <br/><br/>Expertly translated from Japanese and written by leading scholars in the field this exciting study includes: <br/><br/>* A novel approach to economic thought which contextualizes the core values of thinkers across the period<br/>* A comparative analysis of Japanese economic history which looks at the continuities across the Meiji divide<br/>* The extensive use of archival sources many of which were previously unavailable in English <br/><br/><i>A History of Economic Thought in Japan 1600 - 1945</i> 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.