{"product_id":"the-origins-of-japanese-trade-christopher-howe-9780226354859","title":"The Origins of Japanese Trade Supremacy: Development and Technology in Asia from 1540 to the Pacific War","description":"Synthesizing a wide range of scholarship Christopher Howe traces the history of Japanese trade over four centuries and locates the sources of Japan's current commercial and financial strength in events that began in the sixteenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Thoughtful, well-organized, and lucidly written and reflects many years of painstaking research in different literatures.\"--\u003ci\u003eBusiness Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The best analysis yet in English of the role of technology in Japan's emergence as a global economic power.\"--David J. Jeremy, \u003ci\u003eTechnology and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An important addition to Japanese economic history and the concept of creating relative advantage in trade.\"--Richard Rice, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"No other work in English approaches Christopher Howe's combination of a sweeping historical perspective with a comprehensive yet in-depth analysis of factors underlying Japan's pre-1940 economic 'miracle.' . . . [An] illuminating study.\"--Steven J. Ericson, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Howe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226354857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226354859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.81h x 5.79w x 1.08d","brand":"Christopher Howe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064792854783,"sku":"9780226354859","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa8ccd55-773e-43e3-9919-9552aa80cd52.jpg?v=1768671084","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-origins-of-japanese-trade-christopher-howe-9780226354859","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}