The Money Doctors from Japan: Finance, Imperialism, and the Building of the Yen Bloc, 1895-1937

by Michael Schiltz

Money and finance have been among the most potent tools of colonial power. This study investigates the Japanese experiment with financial imperialism--or "yen diplomacy"--at several key moments between the acquisition of Taiwan in 1895 and the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937. Through authoritarian monetary reforms and lending schemes, government officials and financial middlemen served as "money doctors" who steered capital and expertise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674062493
• ISBN13: 9780674062498
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"