From foot soldier to finance minister
Subtitle: Takahashi Korekiyo, Japan's Keynes
By: Richard J. Smethurst.
Series: Harvard East Asian monographs -- 292
Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center; Distributed by Harvard University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780674026018
Subjects: Takahashi, Korekiyo, -- 1854-1936; Statesmen -- Japan -- Biography; Finance, Public -- Japan -- History; Japan -- Politics and government -- 1912-1945
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Takahashi Korekiyo, Japan's Keynes
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A remarkable beginning, 1854-67; title: Takahashi in San Francisco, 1867-68; title: Many mentors, few teachers: Takahashi's career in and out of government, 1869-81; title: Japan's first trademark and patent laws, 1881-89; title: Maeda Masana and the debate over industrial policy, 1882-85; title: Managing a silver mine in Peru, 1889-90; title: Entering the Bank of Japan, 1892-1904; title: Fundraising during the Russo-Japanese War: 1904; title: Fundraising during the Russo-Japanese War: 1905; title: The lessons of Wars, 1906-18; title: Taisho democracy, 1918-27; title: "Japan's Keynes": Japan and the world depression, 1929-34; title: Takahashi's fiscal policies and the rise of militarism, 1932-36; title: Conclusion: Takahashi's economic philosophy and its roots.