Asia Pacific Dynamism 1550-2000 (Hardcover)

Contents:
Introduction A.J.H. Latham and Heita Kawakatsu
Part I
1. Globalization, factor prices and living standards in Asia before 1940 Jeffrey G. Williamson
Part II
2. Four revolutions in the textile trade of Asia 1814-1994: the impact of Bombay, Osaka, the Little Tigers and China D.A. Farnie
3. Europe, China and Japan: transfer of silk reeling technology in 1860-95 Debin Ma
4. The colonial origins of Korea's market economy Myung Soo Cha
5. South Korea's late industrialization in comparative historical perspective Jaymin Lee
6. Export dynamics in Taiwan and mainland China 1950-2000: a Schumpeterian approach Hans H. Bass
7. Industrialization and institutional change in Hong Kong 1842-1960 David W. Clayton
8. Education and development: the experience of the Four Little Tigers Derek H. Aldcroft
Part III
9. Another monetary economy: the case of traditional China Akinobu Kuroda
10. Money and growth without development: the case of Ming China Dennis O'Flynn and Arturo Giráldez
11. California and Navada minerals in the Pacific Rim 1850-1900 David J. St. Clair
Part IV
12. The transmission of corporate cultures: international Officers in the HSBC group Frank H.H. King
13. Chaos and instability: the Asia Pacific rice trade in the 1990s A.J.H. Latham