| Unfinished Business: Ayukawa Yoshisuke and U.S.-Japan Relations, 1937-1953 Contributor(s): Iguchi, Haruo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674003748 ISBN-13: 9780674003743 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: Ayukawa Yoshisuke (1880-1967) was the founder of the Nissan conglomerate and the leader of the Manchuria Industrial Development Corporation, one of the linchpins of Imperial Japan's efforts to economically exploit its overseas dependencies. Despite his close association with the Japanese government from the 1920s to the 1950s, Ayukawa was a proponent of free trade and global economic interdependence. He sought to lessen state control of Japan's economy by trying to attract foreign--especially American--capital and technology in the years surrounding World War II. In the postwar era in particular, Ayukawa actively pushed the growth of small- and medium-sized firms, yet his efforts were ultimately unsuccessful. In Unfinished Business, through exploring the reasons for Ayukawa's failure, Iguchi illuminates many of the economic problems of today's Japan. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Japan - Political Science | International Relations - General - Business & Economics | International - Economics |
| Dewey: 337.520 |
| LCCN: 2002032850 |
| Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.38" W x 9.2" (1.45 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ayukawa Yoshisuke (1880-1967) was the founder of the Nissan conglomerate and the leader of the Manchuria Industrial Development Corporation, one of the linchpins of Imperial Japan's efforts to economically exploit its overseas dependencies. Despite his close association with the Japanese government from the 1920s to the 1950s, Ayukawa was a proponent of free trade and global economic interdependence. He sought to lessen state control of Japan's economy by trying to attract foreign--especially American--capital and technology in the years surrounding World War II. In the postwar era in particular, Ayukawa actively pushed the growth of small- and medium-sized firms, yet his efforts were ultimately unsuccessful. In Unfinished Business, through exploring the reasons for Ayukawa's failure, Iguchi illuminates many of the economic problems of today's Japan. |
Contributor Bio(s): Iguchi, Haruo: - Haruo Iguchi is Assistant Professor in the Center for American Studies at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. |