"Thoughtful, well-organized, and lucidly written and reflects many years of painstaking research in different literatures."--Business Horizons
"The best analysis yet in English of the role of technology in Japan"s emergence as a global economic power."--David J. Jeremy, Technology and Culture
"An important addition to Japanese economic history and the concept of creating relative advantage in trade."--Richard Rice, Journal of Asian Studies
"No other work in English approaches Christopher Howe"s combination of a sweeping historical perspective with a comprehensive yet in-depth analysis of factors underlying Japan"s pre-1940 economic "miracle." . . . [An] illuminating study."--Steven J. Ericson, American HistoricalReview