East Asia and the Global Economy: Japan's Ascent, with Implications for China's Future

by Paul S. Ciccantell and Stephen G. Bunker

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801885930
• ISBN13: 9780801885938
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher