Japan and the Great Divergence

1. Introduction
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Part I. The Great Divergence and Japan So Far

2. The Great Divergence Debate
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3. Explaining the Great Divergence
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4. Japan in the Great Divergence Debate: The Quantitative Story
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Part II. The Japanese Case

5. Introduction: Interpreting the Tokugawa Economy
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6. Resources, Trade, and Globalisation
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7. Institutions and the Market
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8. The Role of the State
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9. Knowledge, Technology, and Culture
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10. Consumption and the Industrious Revolution
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11. Conclusion
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Keywords: Economics, Economic History, Institutional/Evolutionary Economics, Asian Economics