The Economic and Business History of Occupied Japan: New Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780367877101 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 194 str.

Thomas French

Opis

This chapters presented in this book are authored by major scholars of the Occupation from the US, Japan and Europe. The chapters are divided into three sections: Planning, Reform and Recovery, Industries Under Occupation, and Legacies of the Occupation era. The first section, examines Zaibatsu Dissolution and its significance

Spis treści

Introduction – Thomas French

　

Part 1: Planning, Reform, and Recovery

1. Japanese Agency and Business Reform in Occupied Japan: The Holding Company Liquidation Commission and Zaibatsu Dissolution – Steven J. Ericson











2. Japan’s Postwar Social Metabolic Crisis – Mark Metzler











3. The Role of the Frontier: GHQ's Economic Policies and Hokkaidō – Juha Saunavaara







　





Part 2: Industries under the Occupation












4. An Empire Reborn: The Japanese Fishing Industry during the Occupation – William M. Tsutsui











5. Fiats and Jeeps: The Occupation, Jeeps, and the Postwar Automotive Industry - Thomas French











6. The Japanese Cotton Spinning Industry and Economic Recovery under SCAP – Takahiro Ohata







　





Part 3: Socioeconomic Changes in the Occupation Era












7. The Economic Reintegration of Former Colonial Residents in Postwar Japan – Steven Ivings











8. Good Wife, Wise Mother and Americanised Consumer: The Forced Social Democratisation of the Private Sphere in Occupied Japan – Zsombor Rajkai

O autorze

Thomas French is an Associate Professor of Modern Japanese History at the College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Japan. He is a specialist on the Occupation of Japan, and his broader research interests include U.S.-Japan relations, the Japanese automotive and arms industries, and the Japanese Self Defence Forces.