Henry Lawson - Miles Franklin - Henry Handel Richardson - Kenneth Slessor - Eleanor Dark - Christina Stead - Kylie Tennant - Patrick White - Thomas Keneally - Mem Fox.
Henry Lawson - Miles Franklin - Henry Handel Richardson - Kenneth Slessor - Eleanor Dark - Christina Stead - Kylie Tennant - Patrick White - Thomas Keneally - Mem Fox.
This text offers an accessible guide to the ways in which our growing knowledge of development in early-modern and modernising Japan can throw light on the paths that industrialisation was eventually to take across the globe. It has long been taken as read that the industrial revolution was the product of some form of ‘European superiority’ dating back to at least early-modern times. In The Great Divergence, Kenneth Pomeranz challenged this assumption on the basis of his evidence that parts of eighteenth-century China were as well placed as northern Europe to achieve sustained economic growth, thus igniting what has been called ‘the single most important debate in recent global history’. Japan, as the only non-Western country to experience significant industrialisation before the Second World War, ought to provide crucial – and intriguing – evidence in the debate, but analysis of the Japanese case in such a context has remained limited. This work suggests ways of re-interpreting Japanese economic history in the light of the debate, so arguing that global historians and scholars of Japan have in fact much to say to each other within the comparative framework that the Great Divergence provides.
This newly revised, clearly-presented text looks at Japan's economic history from the nineteenth century through to World War II. Working within a framework based on the theories and approaches of development studies, Francks demonstrates the relevance of Japan's pre-war experience to the problems facing developing countries today, and draws out the historical roots of the institutions and practices on which Japan's post-war economic miracle was based. New features include: * fresh theoretical perspectives * additional material derived from new sources * an increased number of case studies * fully up-dated references and bibliography. This broad-ranging textbook is both topical and easy-to-use and will be of immense use to those seeking an understanding of Japanese economic development.
The annotated entries in this bibliography provide access to resources dealing with the theory and practice of selected issues relating to entrepreneurial activities in high schools. It is divided into three sections: monographs, serial articles, and audiovisual and other materials (videotapes, films, kits, games, simulations). Entries listed in each section are organized into categories, ordered from the general to the specific. Each entry for a printed resource contains these components: author(s), title, publisher and date of publication, pagination, price, and brief description of contents. Accession numbers are given for those documents available from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service. Information provided for videotapes and films includes title, producer and date of production, length (time), and brief description. Similar information and source and price are also provided for kits, games, and simulations. A listing of sources of the resources concludes the bibliography. (YLB)
If there ever was a rainbow, was written because of my life experiences. At a very young age I lost my mother. I wanted to help other young children who have experienced that same pain navigate life. The book will take you on a journey of excitement, the exploration of feelings and hope. I want every reader to take away that no matter what the world throws at you, you can overcome any obstacle and live a life worth loving!
A comparative study which describes and analyses the contribution of agriculture to the economies of East Asia. Until now, little attention has been paid to the agricultural sector which actually underpins industrial and commercial development. Recently, this sector has become the focus of increasingly bitter economic disputes, especially over protection and the use of import tariffs. A comparative framework is used, employing case studies from Japan, Taiwan and South Korea to highlight both the common characteristics of agriculture's role in East Asian development, and features particular to the political economy of agriculture in each country.
In the historical literature on Japan, rural people have tended to be regarded as the exploited victims of the industrialisation process. This book provides an alternative view of the role and significance of the rural economy in Japan’s emergence as an economic power prior to World War II. Using theories and approaches derived from development studies and economic history the book describes the nineteenth-century development of a diversified, proto-industrial rural economy, focusing on the strategies employed by households as they sought to secure and improve their livelihoods. The book argues that rural people, through their ‘industrious revolution’, played an active part in determining the course of Japan’s agrarian transition and, eventually, the distinctive features of industrial Japan’s political economy, with the result that rural life still figures largely in the reality and imagination of contemporary Japan.
This book explores the rise of consumerism and the expanding variety of goods available in Japan. Japan is placed within the comparative context of the 'consumer revolution' in Europe and North America, contributing to the analysis of the ways in which consumption and everyday life change in the course of economic development.
Celeste is a modern mother of three girls and a housewife who doesn’t understand the unexplained events that’s happening around her. Suddenly a black cat enters her life and things are getting more strange. At the stroke of midnight, Celeste discovers in an unexpected way that she has powers and soon finds out about the truth about her family and herself. Going through an identity crisis when she was younger for being mixed and now trying to figure out what she really is and how to protect her family from the force.
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