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Beskrivning
This enlightening text analyses the origins of Western complaints, prevalent in the late nineteenth century, that Japan was characterised at the time by exceptionally low standards of 'commercial morality', despite a major political and economic transformation.
JanetHunter is Saji Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics, UK.She has published widely on the economic and social history of modern Japan,and is currently researching on concepts of ethical business practice indeveloping economies such as Japan, and the economic impact of the 1923earthquake.
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction.- Chapter 1. Credit, Speculation, Legislation and Reputation: the Evolution of the Discourse on Commercial Morality in England and Beyond.- Chapter 2. Deceit, Piracy and Unfair Competition: Western Perceptions of the Level of Commercial Morality in Japan.- Chapter 3 – National Interest, Reputation and Economic Development in an ‘Infant’ Country: the Japanese Response to Western Criticisms.- Conclusion.-