ABSTRACT
Western Enterprise in Far Eastern Economic Development charts the activities of Western firms in China and Japan from the middle of the nineteenth century, when those countries were opened to foreign trade, until recently.
The organization of the Western business undertakings, the types of firms concerned and relations between the Westerners and the Japanese and Chinese economies are all discussed.
Among the economic activities covered are: merchant banking, finance, manufacturing, mining, shipping and domestic transport. A dominant theme is the contrast presented by China and Japan in their response to Western enterprise.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |171 pages
China
chapter |18 pages
The Course of Western Enterprise
chapter |21 pages
The Western Merchant in China
chapter |17 pages
The Organisation of the Export Trade: Tea and Silk
chapter |21 pages
The Organisation of Export Trade: Miscellaneous Goods
chapter |12 pages
The Organisation of the Import Trade
chapter |21 pages
Banking and Insurance
chapter |10 pages
Western Shipping in China Waters
chapter |16 pages
Railways, Civil Aviation and Public Utilities
chapter |16 pages
Mining
chapter |17 pages
The Factory Industries
part |71 pages
Japan