UID:
edocfu_9959234417802883
Format:
1 online resource (270 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-68274-3
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1-134-68275-1
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1-280-33202-6
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9780203266315
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0-203-26631-5
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0-203-02536-9
Series Statement:
ESRC Pacific Asia Programme
Content:
A comparative study which describes and analyses the contribution of agriculture to the economies of East Asia. Until now, little attention has been paid to the agricultural sector which actually underpins industrial and commercial development. Recently, this sector has become the focus of increasingly bitter economic disputes, especially over protection and the use of import tariffs. A comparative framework is used, employing case studies from Japan, Taiwan and South Korea to highlight both the common characteristics of agriculture's role in East Asian development, and features particular
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Conventions; Agriculture and industrialisation: the East Asian case; East Asian agriculture: patterns and trends; The role of agriculture in Japanese industrialisation; The state and agricultural adjustment inindustrial Japan; Agriculture and industrialisation in Korea; Agricultural adjustment in industrial Korea; The role of agriculture in Taiwan's economic development; Agricultural adjustment in industrial Taiwan; Conclusions: the past and future of East Asian agriculture; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-17886-X
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203025369
