Yukichi Fukuzawa 1835-1901: The Spirit of Enterprise in Modern Japan

by Norio Tamaki

Yukichi Fukuzawa was one of the most effective business entrepreneurs in early modern Japan. He was the inspiration for the Yokohama Specie Bank, without which the Japanese could not have set up a sound banking system. He began the bookstore chain Maruzen. He was adviser to the newly founded shipbuilding and mining giant Mitsubishi and helped bring the house of Mitsui into the modern age. This is both the story of his life and his transforming impact...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333801210
• ISBN13: 9780333801215
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"