Table of Contents

Part 1: TRADE AND THE TRADITIONAL ECONOMY The Japanese Trading World Before 1853 and the First Trade with Europeans; The West and Japan before the Opening of the Ports; Kaikoku: the Opening of Japan; Early Meiji Modernisation and the Development of the Traditional Export Sector. Part 2: JAPAN'S ENTRY INTO THE MODERN WORLD TRADING SYSTEM Growth and Transformation in Japan's Trade and Payments, 1890-1937; The Role of Public Policy; The Private Sector; Achieving International Competitiveness in Cotton Textiles, 1914-37. Part 3: THE TRANSFORMATION OF TECHNOLOGY Building the Technological Infrastructure; Technology and Trade in the Strategic Industries; Technology and Trade in the Commercial Sector. Part 4: WAR, EMPIRE AND THE GLOBALISATION OF TRADE The Imperial Background and the Role of Taiwan; The Economic Expansion of Japan in Manchuria; Japan's Trade and Direct Investment in the Chinese Textile Industry.