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Working Papers

2024

1. Mobilising human resources to build a national communications network: the case of Japan before the Pacific War
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
2. Thinking about the economic consequences of the Great Kantō earthquake
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2023)

2018

3. Price shocks in regional markets: Japan's great Kantō Earthquake of 1923
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   See also Journal Article Price shocks in regional markets: Japan's Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2019) View citations (1) (2019)

2016

4. Price shocks in disaster: the Great Kantō Earthquake in Japan,1923
   Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History View citations (1)

2015

5. Earthquakes in Japan: a review article
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
6. Introduction: special section: “regime change in public finance: the case of interwar Japan”
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

2014

7. "Extreme confusion and disorder"? the Japanese economy in the great Kantō earthquake of 1923
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (3)

2008

8. Prices, Standards of Living and Material Incentives in Japan, 1937-1941
   Working Papers, Economic History Society

2005

9. Understanding the economic history of postal services: some preliminary observations from the case of Meiji Japan
   Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History

2004

10. Institutional Change in Meiji Japan: Image and Reality
    EIJS Working Paper Series, Stockholm School of Economics, The European Institute of Japanese Studies View citations (1)
    Also in Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History (2004)

2003

11. Studies in the Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902-1923)
    STICERD - International Studies Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE

1999

12. Japan: State and People in the Twentieth Century - Papers presented at the STICERD 20th Anniversary Symposium in July 1998
    STICERD - Japanese Studies Programme Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE

1995

13. Japanese Perspectives on Imperialism in Asia
    STICERD - International Studies Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE

1992

14. Textile factories, tuberculosis and the quality of life in industrializing Japan
    Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History View citations (1)

1990

15. The Social History of Occupied Japan: 1: Some Sources and Problems, 2: British Writings on Japanese History
    STICERD - Japanese Studies Programme Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE
    Also in Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History (1990)

1989

16. Interwar Japan
    STICERD - International Studies Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE

1987

17. Aspects of Pan-Asianism
    STICERD - International Studies Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE

1986

18. Aspects of the Relationship Between Agriculture and Industrialisation in Japan
    STICERD - International Studies Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE

1982

19. Bakumatsu and Meiji: Studies in Japans Economic and Social History
    STICERD - International Studies Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE

Journal Articles

2019

1. Price shocks in regional markets: Japan's Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923
   Economic History Review, 2019, 72, (4), 1335-1362 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Price shocks in regional markets: Japan's great Kantō Earthquake of 1923, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2018) (2018)

2016

2. 【Book Review】Konosuke Odaka, History of Japan's Trade and Industrial Policy(Volume 1): General Overview
   Economic Review, 2016, 67, (2), 175-177

2013

3. The People’s Post OfficeThe History and Politics of the Japanese Postal System, 1871–2010
   Social Science Japan Journal, 2013, 16, (1), 161-163

2011

4. Technology Transfer and the Gendering of Communications Work: Meiji Japan in Comparative Historical Perspective
   Social Science Japan Journal, 2011, 14, (1), 1-20 View citations (1)

2010

5. Kindai Seishigyō no Koyō to Keiei (Employment and Management in the Modern Silk Reeling Industry)
   Social Science Japan Journal, 2010, 13, (2), 264-267
6. NATURE, MARKETS AND STATE RESPONSE: THE DROUGHT OF 1939 IN JAPAN AND KOREA
   Australian Economic History Review, 2010, 50, (1), 80-98

2008

7. Production organizations in Japanese economic development – Edited by Tetsuji Okazaki
   Economic History Review, 2008, 61, (2), 532-533
8. The arc of Japan's economic development – By Arthur Alexander Japanese economic development: markets, norms, structures – By Carl Mosk
   Economic History Review, 2008, 61, (3), 761-763

2007

9. Technology gatekeepers for war and peace: the British ship revolution and Japanese industrialization – By Miwao Matsumoto
   Economic History Review, 2007, 60, (2), 435-437

2006

10. Banking, the State and Industrial Promotion in Developing Japan, 1900–73. By SHINJI OGURA
    Economica, 2006, 73, (291), 550-551

2003

11. Review article - The Economic Development of Modern Japan
    Business History, 2003, 45, (1), 151-184

2000

12. Bob Johnstone. We Were Burning: Japanese Entrepreneurs and the Forging of the Electronic Age. New York: Basic Books, 1999. xxiii + 422 pp. ISBN 0-465-09117-2, $27.50
    Enterprise & Society, 2000, 1, (2), 462-464
13. Book Reviews
    Business History, 2000, 42, (3), 182-183
14. Book Reviews
    Business History, 2000, 42, (2), 202-203

1999

15. Book Reviews
    Business History, 1999, 41, (1), 169-170

1998

16. Book Reviews
    Business History, 1998, 40, (3), 162-163

1997

17. Book Reviews
    Asia Pacific Business Review, 1997, 3, (3), 194-195
18. Book Reviews
    Asia Pacific Business Review, 1997, 3, (3), 195-196
19. Book Reviews
    Asia Pacific Business Review, 1997, 3, (3), 195-196

1992

20. E. Patricia Tsurumi, Factory Girls: Women in the Thread Mills of Meiji Japan
    Economic Review, 1992, 43, (3), 286-288
21. Technology and Investment: The Prewar Japanese Chemical Industry. ByBarbara Molony · Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1990. xv + 396 pp. Charts, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $28.00. ISBN 0-674-87260-6
    Business History Review, 1992, 66, (2), 430-432

1989

22. Government Policy towards Industry in the United States and Japan. Edited by John B. Shoven. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. ix, 354. $47.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1989, 49, (4), 1034-1035

1988

23. Asia - Imitation and Innovation: The Transfer of Western Organizational Patterns to Meiji Japan. By D. Eleanor Westney. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1987. Pp. 252. $25.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1988, 48, (2), 484-485
24. Business History of General Trading Companies: The International Conference on Business History 13. Edited By Shin'ichi Yonekawa and Hideki Yoshihara. Tokyo: Tokyo University Press, 1988. Pp. 365. $42.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1988, 48, (4), 956-957

Books

2016

1. 'Deficient in Commercial Morality'?
   Palgrave Studies in Economic History, Palgrave Macmillan

Edited books

2024

1. Ethics, Business and Capitalism
   University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press

2012

2. The Historical Consumer
   Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan

Chapters

2016

1. Conclusion
   Palgrave Macmillan
2. Credit, Speculation, Legislation, and Reputation: The Evolution of the Discourse on Commercial Morality in England and Beyond
   Palgrave Macmillan
3. Deceit, Piracy, and Unfair Competition: Western Perceptions of the Level of Morality in Japan
   Palgrave Macmillan
4. Introduction
   Palgrave Macmillan
5. National Interest, Reputation, and Economic Development in an ‘Infant’ Country: The Japanese Response to Western Criticisms
   Palgrave Macmillan

2012

6. Introduction: Japan’s Consumption History in Comparative Perspective
   Palgrave Macmillan
7. People and Post Offices: Consumption and Postal Services in Japan from the 1870s to the 1970s
   Palgrave Macmillan