History of Economic Thought in Japan

Hiroshi Kawaguchi is Professor of History of Japanese Economy and Economic Thought at Waseda University, Japan.Sumiyo Ishii is Associate Professor of History of Japanese Economic Thought at Daito Bunka University, Japan.Ayuko Tanaka is Translator of Academic Texts. With Tadashi Anno she has translated Economic Thought in Early Modern Japan (2010) and From Leavenworth to Lhasa: Living in a Revolutionary Era (2008).Tadashi Anno is Professor of Political Science at Sophia University, Japan. He is the author of National Identity and the Search for Great-Power Status in Russia and Japan (2018) and the co-editor of The Dynamism of Global Society (2007).

History of Economic Thought in Japan not only provides an excellent introduction to economic thought in Japan and Japanese economic history more broadly, but also works well in rethinking and reframing issues in economic history and theory for historians who may be uncomfortable (or too comfortable) within the prevalent frames of English-language economic history.

• List of MapsList of TablesAbout the Authors and TranslatorsPreface to the English EditionPreface to the Japanese EditionNotes on StyleIntroductionModule I. The Development of the Theory of Political Economy1. The Emergence of an Estate-Based Society2. Samurai in Time of Peace3. Administering the Society and Saving the People through De-Marketization4. De-Marketization through Shogunal PowerModule II. A Turn Toward Economic Pragmatism5. A Turning Point in the Theory of Keisei Saimin6. Shogun Yoshimune and Pragmatic Officials7. Tanuma Okitsugu and the Era of Intellectual Pluralism8. The Way of the Market and Domainal InterestModule III. Estate-Based Society and Occupational Duty9. Occupational Duty and the Self-Assertion of Peasants, Artisans, and of Merchants10. Economic Thought in a Stationary SocietyModule IV. Reconceptualizing Japan and the World11. Japan and National Learning12. Changes in the Japanese Worldview in the Nineteenth Century13. Arguments for Opening up the CountryModule V. Modern Japan: Its Birth and Economic Vision14. East Asian vs. Western Views on Human Beings and Society15. Intellectuals of the “Meiji Enlightenment”16. The Meiji State and the Promotion of Industry17. Visions for Policy on Industry and TradeModule VI. Managers of Modern Industrial Enterprises18. Higher Education and Entrepreneurship19. Organizers of Entrepreneurial Activities20. New Industries of the Twentieth CenturyModule VII. Questioning Modernity21. Critical Perspectives on Japanese Capitalism22. Social Policy and Japanese-Style Marxism23. Japan in an Era of CrisesReferencesIndex