Japan's Socio-Economic Evolution
Subtitle: Continuity and Change
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: February 12, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781873410394
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Economic History; Economics; Social history; Japan; Japan - History; Ethnic Issues; Sociology; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; 1868-; Congresses; Economic conditions; Economic policy
First sentence: THROUGHOUT the decades in which Japanese affairs have slowly assumed more importance for European countries, the ranks of observes - from commentators in the media to diplomats - who followed the Japanese political scene, both domestic and foreign, were faced with the problem of indicating clearly recognizable directions in the behaviour of the Japanese themselves.