Agriculture and Economic Growth : : Japan's Experience / / Bruce F. Johnston, Kazushi Ohkawa, Hiromitsu Kaneda.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Ohkawa, Kazushi,; Johnston, Bruce F.,; Kaneda, Hiromitsu,
• MitwirkendeR: Hayami, Yūjirō,; Hemmi, Kenzō,; Johnston, Bruce F.,; Kaneda, Hiromitsu,; Katō, Yuzuru,; Kawano, Shigeto,; Masui, Yukio,; Minami, Ryōshin,; Misawa, Takeo,; Noda, Tsutomu,; Ohkawa, Kazushi,; Ranis, Gustav,; Sawada, Shūjirō,; Schultz, Theodore W.,; Tsuchiya, Keizō,; Tussing, Arlon R.,; Umemura, Mataji,; Yamada, Saburō,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1970
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1358
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (456 p.)

This book contains updated versions of a set of papers presented at the International Conference on Agriculture and Economic Development-A Symposium on Japan's Experience which was held in Tokyo, July, 1967. These papers make a comprehensive reappraisal of Japan's agricultural development and its relevance to economic growth over the last 100 years. They emphasize long-term studies in analyzing Japan's agricultural development, with the century following the Meiji Restoration as the historical setting. Intensive consideration is also given to the Meiji Era, 1868-1912.Part I considers the historical phases of Japan's development, and attempts to give a comprehensive exposition of Japan's long-term growth. Part II deals with productivity growth and technological progress; Part III treats agricultural population and labor force; Part IV includes papers dealing with exports of primary products, credit and financial institutions, farm-household savings, the impact of Land Reform, and food consumption patterns.Originally published in 1970.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- EDITORS' PREFACE -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- PART I -- CHAPTER 1. PHASES OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH -- CHAPTER 2. THE FINANCING OF JAPANESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER 3. THE JAPANESE "MODEL" OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: ITS RELEVANCE TO DEVELOPING NATIONS -- PART II -- CHAPTER 4. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AT THE BEGINNING OF INDUSTRIALIZATION -- CHAPTER 5. TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN JAPANESE AGRICULTURE : A LONG-TERM ANALYSIS -- CHAPTER 6. ECONOMICS OF MECHANIZATION IN SMALL-SCALE AGRICULTURE -- PART III -- CHAPTER 7. AGRICULTURE AND LABOR SUPPLY IN THE MEIJI ERA -- CHAPTER 8. THE LABOR FORCE IN MEIJI ECONOMIC GROWTH: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF YAMANASHI PREFECTURE -- CHAPTER 9. THE SUPPLY PRICE OF LABOR: FARM FAMILY WORKERS -- CHAPTER 10. AN ANALYSIS OF PART-TIME FARMING IN THE POSTWAR PERIOD -- CHAPTER 11. THE SUPPLY OF FARM LABOR AND THE "TURNING POINT" IN THE JAPANESE ECONOMY -- PART IV -- CHAPTER 12. PRIMARY PRODUCT EXPORTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF SILK -- CHAPTER 13. DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-TERM AGRICULTURAL CREDIT -- CHAPTER 14. SAVINGS OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS -- CHAPTER 15. EFFECTS OF THE LAND REFORM ON CONSUMPTION AND INVESTMENT OF FARMERS -- CHAPTER 16. LONG-TERM CHANGES IN FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS IN JAPAN -- APPENDIX: A Note on Growth in Demand for Agricultural Products -- PROGRAM OF THE CONFERENCE