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100 1 $aSchiltz, Michael,$d1972-
245 14 $aThe money doctors from Japan :$bfinance, imperialism, and the building of the yen bloc, 1895-1937 /$cMichael Schiltz.
260 $aCambridge :$bHarvard University Asia Center,$cc2012.
300 $axix, 268 p. :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aHarvard East Asian monographs ;$v339
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aMoney and finance have been among the most potent tools of colonial power. This study investigates the Japanese experiment with financial imperialism--or "yen diplomacy"--At several key moments between the acquisition of Taiwan in 1895 and the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937. Through authoritarian monetary reforms and lending schemes, government officials and financial middlemen served as "money doctors" who steered capital and expertise to Japanese official and semi-official colonies in Taiwan, Korea, China, and Manchuria. Michael Schiltz points to the paradox of acute capital shortages within the Japan's domestic economy and aggressive capital exports to its colonial possessions as the inevitable but ultimately disastrous outcome of the Japanese government's goal to exercise macroeconomic control over greater East Asia and establish a self-sufficient "yen bloc." Through their efforts to implement their policies and contribute to the expansion of the Japanese empire, the "money doctors" brought to the colonies a series of banking institutions and a corollary capitalist ethos, which would all have a formidable impact on the development of the receiving countries, eventually affecting their geopolitical position in the postcolonial world.
650 0 $aFinance$zJapan$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aMonetary policy$zJapan$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aForeign exchange$xPolitical aspects$zJapan$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aYen, Japanese$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aJapan$xTerritorial expansion$xHistory$y20th century.
830 0 $aHarvard East Asian monographs ;$v339.
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