Did Japan ever suffer from a shortage of natural resources before World War II?

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 543-560

  Yasuba, Yasukichi ^a  

^a OSAKA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL STUDY; MILITARY EXPANSION; RESOURCES SHORTAGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

JAPAN;

EID: 0030431974     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700016934     Document Type: Article

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