The new Japan, being a student’s survey of general conditions in modern Japanese industry and commerce
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Vancouver School of Economics
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Nicholson, Howard Graves
issued: 2010-06-02T23:57:12Z
issued: 1930
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: [Abstract not available]
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/25405
note: The New Japan Being a Student's Survey of General Conditions in Modern Japanese Industry and Commerce. by Howard Graves Nicholson A Thesis submitted for the Master of Arts in the Department Economics. The University of British 1930. Table of Contents. FOREWORD. PART I. Chapter I. - INTRODUCTION. East and West In Japan - Climate, Topography, and Population - General Living Conditions - The Family - Education -Pressing Social Needs. PART II. Chapter II. - PRIMARY EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES. Japanese Agricultural Conditions - The Rice Crop - other Cereals - Tea - other Agricul-tural Products and Industries - Sericulture -Forestry ' Fisheries - Mining. Chapter III.- MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. General Remarks on Industry in Japan - Power Industries - Manufacture of Vegetable Products - Manufacture of Animal and Marine Products - Mineral Products Industries -Manufacture of Wood and Paper Products -Manufacture of Chemicals and Allied Products -Spinning and Weaving Industry. PART III. Chapter IV. - DOMESTIC TRADE. Volume and Character of Domestic Trade -Communications in Japan - Facilities for Promotion of Domestic Commerce - Present Conditions in Domestic Trade of Japan. Chapter V. - INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL RELATIONS. General Remarks on the Foreign Trade of Japan - The Export Trade of Japan - The Import Trade of Japan - Invisible Items in the Japanese Trade Balance - The Japanese Balance of International Indebtedness Foreign Exchange - The Japanese Tariff Policy - Japanese Trading Methods. PART IV. Chapter VI - FUTURE TRADE RELATIONS OF CANADA AND JAPAN. Export and Import Relations of Canada and Japan - Trade conflicts of Japan and Canada - a Few Concluding Remarks. Appendices. List of References. FOREWORD Almost every treatise on Japanese civilization emphasizes the remarkable growth of Western ideas and institutions in that country, during the short period that it has been opened to world intercourse. Industry, commerce, government, education, and in fact almost every sphere …
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0096495
language: eng
degree discipline: Economics
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scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25405