Ordinary Economies in Japan, 18 - (Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power) by Tetsuo Najita (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>""Ordinary Economies in Japan" directs our attention to a subordinate yet powerful theme in modern Japanese economic thought that appeared unobtrusively in the mid-Tokugawa period and found expression in the formation of voluntary, non-hierarchical associations of commoners who purposively organized their self-help activities apart from state authority. Tetsuo Najita's compelling analysis of ko is groundbreaking and explains a great deal about Japanese modernization that economic historians have overlooked or undervalued."--Stephen Vlastos, University of Iowa<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Tetsuo Najita explores a powerful theme in the economic thought and practice of ordinary citizens in late Tokugawa and early modern Japan. He examines commoners' writings on the virtues of commerce, the reconstruction of villages, and groups offering credit and loans, particularly the traditional cooperative, the ko, which citizens created to save one another in times of famine and fiscal emergency without turning to their government. The alternative genealogy of early Japanese capitalism that emerges is based on cooperative action, whose motive for profit was combined with a concern for social well-being. Najita's discussion centers on the relationship of economics, ethics, and the epistemological premise that nature must serve as the first principle of all knowledge, and he illuminates comparative issues of poverty, capitalism, and modernity.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><i>Ordinary Economies in Japan</i> directs our attention to a subordinate yet powerful theme in modern Japanese economic thought that appeared unobtrusively in the mid-Tokugawa period and found expression in the formation of voluntary, non-hierarchical associations of commoners who purposively organized their self-help activities apart from state authority. Tetsuo Najita's compelling analysis of kô is groundbreaking and explains a great deal about Japanese modernization that economic historians have overlooked or undervalued.--Stephen Vlastos, University of Iowa<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Meticulously researched."--Richard Westra "Journal Of Contemporary Asia" (6/10/2011 12:00:00 AM)<br><br>"Najita . . . has done students of Japanese ad comparative social and economic history a great service, and I recommend this book to them all."-- "Journal Of Asian Stds (Jas) / Se Asia & Western Pacific" (3/15/2011 12:00:00 AM)<br><br>"Sophisticated."--Paula Harrell "Journal Of Japanese Stds" (6/14/2011 12:00:00 AM)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Tetsuo Najita is the Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor emeritus in the Departments of History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. His many publications include <i>Hara Kei in the Politics of Compromise, Japan: Intellectual Foundations of Modern Japanese Politics, </i> and <i>Visions of Virtue in Tokugawa Japan.</i>
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