East Asia and the Global Economy: Japan's Ascent, with Implications for China's Future (Johns Hopkins Studies in Globalization)

After World War II, Japan reinvented itself as a shipbuilding powerhouse and began its rapid ascent in the global economy. Its expansion strategy integrated raw material procurement, the redesign of global transportation infrastructure, and domestic industrialization. In this authoritative and engaging study, Stephen G. Bunker and Paul S. Ciccantell identify the key factors in Japan's economic growth and the effects this growth had on the reorganization of significant sectors of the global economy. Bunker and Ciccantell discuss what drove Japan's economic expansion, how Japan globalized the work economy to support it, and why this spectacular growth came to a dramatic halt in the 1990s. Drawing on studies of ore mining, steel making, corporate sector reorganization, and port/rail development, they provide valuable insight into technical processes as well as specific patterns of corporate investment. East Asia and the Global Economy introduces a theory of "new historical materialism" that explains the success of Japan and other world industrial powers. Here, the authors assert that the pattern of Japan's ascent is essential for understanding China's recent path of economic growth and dominance and anticipating what the future may hold. (Fall 2008)

After World War II, Japan reinvented itself as a shipbuilding powerhouse and began its rapid ascent in the global economy. Its expansion strategy integrated raw material procurement, the redesign of global transportation infrastructure, and domestic industrialization. In this authoritative and engaging study, Stephen G. Bunker and Paul S. Ciccantell identify the key factors in Japan’s economic growth and the effects this growth had on the reorganization of significant sectors of the global economy.

Bunker and Ciccantell discuss what drove Japan’s economic expansion, how Japan globalized the work economy to support it, and why this spectacular growth came to a dramatic halt in the 1990s. Drawing on studies of ore mining, steel making, corporate sector reorganization, and port/rail development, they provide valuable insight into technical processes as well as specific patterns of corporate investment.

East Asia and the Global Economy introduces a theory of "new historical materialism" that explains the success of Japan and other world industrial powers. Here, the authors assert that the pattern of Japan’s ascent is essential for understanding China’s recent path of economic growth and dominance and anticipating what the future may hold.

After World War II, Japan reinvented itself as a shipbuilding powerhouse and began its rapid ascent in the global economy. Its expansion strategy integrated raw material procurement, the redesign of global transportation infrastructure, and domestic industrialization. In this authoritative and engaging study, Stephen G. Bunker and Paul S. Ciccantell identify the key factors in Japan’s economic growth and the effects this growth had on the reorganization of significant sectors of the global economy.

Bunker and Ciccantell discuss what drove Japan’s economic expansion, how Japan globalized the work economy to support it, and why this spectacular growth came to a dramatic halt in the 1990s. Drawing on studies of ore mining, steel making, corporate sector reorganization, and port/rail development, they provide valuable insight into technical processes as well as specific patterns of corporate investment.

East Asia and the Global Economy introduces a theory of "new historical materialism" that explains the success of Japan and other world industrial powers. Here, the authors assert that the pattern of Japan’s ascent is essential for understanding China’s recent path of economic growth and dominance and anticipating what the future may hold.

"After World War II, Japan reinvented itself as a shipbuilding powerhouse and began its rapid ascent in the global economy. Its expansion strategy integrated raw material procurement, the redesign of global transportation infrastructure, and domestic industrialization. This study identifies the key factors in Japan's economic growth and the effects this growth had on the reorganization of significant sectors of the global economy." "The authors discuss what drove Japan's economic expansion, how Japan globalized the work economy to support it, and why this spectacular growth came to a dramatic halt in the 1990s. They provide valuable insight into technical processes as well as specific patterns of corporate investment by drawing on studies of ore mining, steelmaking, corporate sector reorganization, and port/rail development. East Asia and the Global Economy introduces a theory of "new historical materialism" that explains the success of Japan and other world industrial powers. Here, the authors assert that the pattern of Japan's ascent is essential for understanding China's recent path of economic growth and dominance and for anticipating what the future may hold."--Jacket Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 1 Growth and Crisis in the Japanese Economy......Page 14 2 Economic Ascent and Hegemony in the Capitalist World-Economy......Page 39 3 The MIDAs-Steel-Ships Nexus......Page 68 4 Creating Japan’s Coal-Exporting Peripheries......Page 96 5 Replicating Japan’s New Model in Iron Ore......Page 140 6 Transporting Coal and Iron Ore......Page 183 7 The Restructuring of Global Markets and the Future of the Capitalist World-Economy......Page 201 References......Page 232 C......Page 258 G......Page 259 M......Page 260 Q......Page 261 T......Page 262 Z......Page 263 Contents 6 Preface 8 1 Growth and Crisis in the Japanese Economy 14 2 Economic Ascent and Hegemony in the Capitalist World-Economy 39 3 The MIDAs-Steel-Ships Nexus 68 4 Creating Japan’s Coal-Exporting Peripheries 96 5 Replicating Japan’s New Model in Iron Ore 140 6 Transporting Coal and Iron Ore 183 7 The Restructuring of Global Markets and the Future of the Capitalist World-Economy 201 References 232 Index 258 A 258 B 258 C 258 D 259 E 259 F 259 G 259 H 260 I 260 J 260 K 260 L 260 M 260 N 261 O 261 P 261 Q 261 R 262 S 262 T 262 U 263 V 263 W 263 X 263 Y 263 Z 263