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Lever of Empire : The International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan /
This book, the first full account of Japan's financial history and the Japanese gold standard in the pivotal years before World War II, provides a new perspective on the global political dynamics of the era by placing Japan, rather than Europe, at the center of the story.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on Terms; Part One: Global Money and Empire; Prologue: London, 1898; 1. Japan and the British Gold Standard, ca. 1715-1885; 2. Gold and Empire, 1885-1903; 3. The Sinews of War, 1904-1914; 4. The "Positive" and "Negative" Policies; 5. "Divine Providence," 1914-1918; Part Two: Global Money and the Doctrine of Induced Depression; 6. The Great Divide, 1918-1921; 7. "The Contractionary Tide," 1921-1926; 8. The Theory and Practice of Induced Depression; 9. "The Two-Party Principle," 1927-1929
- Part Three: The Crisis of Liberalism10. The Liberal Triumph, 1929-1930; 11. Opening the Door to a Hurricane, 1930-1931; 12. Capitalist Recovery in One Country, 1932-1936; Epilogue: Money and Hegemony; Appendix: Reference Information; Notes; Bibliography; Index