Japan's motorcycle wars :b an industry history
By: Jeffrey W. Alexander.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780824833282
Subjects: Motorcycle industry -- Japan -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why the motorcycle?; title: Japan's transportation revolution, 1896-1931; title: Motorcycle and empire: a study in industrial self-sufficiency; title: Know your customers: designing products for an impoverished postwar market; title: Know your competitors: finding a niche in a crowded manufacturing field; title: The rise of the big four; title: Bitter realities: going bankrupt in Japan; title: Sales and safety.