Origins of Japanese wealth and power : reconciling Confucianism and capitalism, 1830-1885

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Origins of Japanese wealth and power : reconciling Confucianism and capitalism, 1830-1885

John H. Sagers

Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-169) and index

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This book focuses on the trans-Meiji Restoration story of the ideological transformation that made modern capitalism possible in Japan. To illustrate this transformation, the book looks at four key architects of Meiji Japan's capitalist institutions: Okubo Toshimichi, Godai Tomoatsu, Matsukata Masayoshi and Maeda Masana.

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Economic Realism and Confucian Statecraft The Rise of Mercantilism in Satsuma Lord Shimazu Narikira and Satsuma Reforms Confronting International Capitalism Okubo Toshimichi and Early Meiji Industrial Policy Industrial Promotion on a Tight Budget in the Early 1880s

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