Capitalism from Within Economy, Society, and the State in a Japanese Fishery

Japan's stunning metamorphosis from an isolated feudal regime to a major industrial power over the course of the nineteeth and early twentieth centuries has long fascinated and vexed historians. In this study, David L. Howell looks beyond the institutional and technological changes that followed Japan's reopening to the West to probe the indigenous origins of Japanese capitalism.Howell, David L. is the author of 'Capitalism from Within Economy, Society, and the State in a Japanese Fishery' with ISBN 9780520086296 and ISBN 0520086295.