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Author Metzler, Mark, 1957- author.

Title Lever of empire : the international gold standard and the crisis of liberalism in prewar Japan / Mark Metzler
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Series Twentieth-century Japan ; 17
Twentieth-century Japan ; 17.
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Inoue, Junnosuke, 1869-1932.
Takahashi, Korekiyo, 1854-1936.
SUBJECT Inoue, Junnosuke, 1869-1932 fast
Takahashi, Korekiyo, 1854-1936 fast
Chōsen Kōgei Kenkyūkai gnd
Subject Money -- Japan -- History
Currency question -- Japan -- History
Gold standard -- History
Monetary policy -- Japan -- History
Liberalism -- Japan -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Money & Monetary Policy.
HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
Currency question
Gold standard
Liberalism
Monetary policy
Money
Geldpolitik
Goldwährung
Japan
Japan
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520931794
0520931793
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9781423745471
0520244206
9780520244207
1598759302
9781598759303
1282357662
9781282357662