The economic and business history of occupied Japan : new perspectives /

The economic and business history of occupied Japan : new perspectives / edited by Thomas French. - New York : Routledge, 2019. - x, 193 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Perspectives in Economic and Social History . - Perspectives in Economic and Social History .

First published 2018

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Editor's acknowledgments -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction / Thomas French -- Planning, reform, and recovery -- Japanese agency and business reform in occupied Japan : the Holding Company Liquidation Commission and Zaibatsu dissolution / Steven J. Ericson -- Japan's postwar social metabolic crisis / Mark Metzler -- The role of the frontier : GHQ/SCAP economic policies and Hokkaido / Juha Saunavaara -- Industries under occupation -- An empire reborn : the Japanese fishing industry during the occupation / William M. Tsutsui -- Fiats and jeeps : the occupation, jeeps, and the postwar automotive industry -- The Japanese cotton spinning industry and economic recovery under SCAP / Takahiro Ohata -- Socioeconomic changes in the occupation era -- The economic reintegration of former colonial residents in postwar Japan / Steven Ivings -- Good wife, wise mother and Americanised consumer : the forced social democratisation of the private sphere in occupied Japan / Zsombor Rajkai -- Index.

9781138195899 9780367877101 9781315638126 (ebook)

2017019521

HC462.8 / .E265 2018

330.9520904