1. EUROPEAN AND EAST ASIAN EXCEPTIONALISM: AGRICULTURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.
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Grabowski, Richard
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AGRICULTURE ,ECONOMIC development ,INDUSTRIALIZATION ,WORLD War II ,COLONIZATION - Abstract
Agriculture's role in development has traditionally been seen to be a provider of things to the modern industrial sector. In this paper it is argued that those countries which historically have succeeded as those which have, at least for some time period, nurtured agriculture. Bates has pointed out that this was the case for English agriculture and this paper argues that it was also the case for Japan during both the Tokugawa and Meiji periods. Japanese colonization of Korea and Taiwan assured that agriculture was also protected, at least prior to World War II, in these latter two countries. Finally, this paper argues that the key role of agriculture in industrialization is in terms of providing a growing market for manufactured goods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1994
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