num_pages: 264
description: Japan's stunning metamorphosis from an isolated feudal regime to a major industrial power over the course of the nineteeth and early twentieth centuries has long fascinated and vexed historians. In this study, David L. Howell looks beyond the institutional and technological changes that followed Japan's reopening to the West to probe the indigenous origins of Japanese capitalism.
language: English
title: Capitalism From Within: Economy, Society, and the State in a Japanese Fishery
titlecomplete: Capitalism From Within: Economy, Society, and the State in a Japanese Fishery
genres: Japan
ratings_count: 6
publisher: University of California Press