Why Japan, not China, was the first to develop in East Asia: Lessons from sericulture, 1850-1937

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 369-394

  Ma, Debin ^a,b  

^a Found Adv Studs on Intl Devmt   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; SERICULTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ECONOMIC INFORMATION; REELING; SERICULTURE; SILK INDUSTRY; TEXTILE HISTORY;

EID: 2342572979     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380947     Document Type: Article

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