Political and social economy : its practical applications

This set collects together some of the most important and influential economics texts from the age of the 'Japanese Enlightenment'. The understanding of western economics in Japan was founded on Japanese translations of these seminal books, which although they did not change the course of economic thinking had a marked impact on Japanese economic development. As examples of successful, nineteenth-century economics textbooks they are also of great relevance to anyone interested in the dissemination of economic ideas during this period. The set is introduced by Hiroshi Mizuta, joint editor of Political Economy Comes to Japan, a study of the diffusion of western economics in Japan during the Meiji period.This new collection: —explains some of the distinctive features of Japanese economic thinking during the Meiji period —makes available books which are rare even in Europe —provides crucial material on nineteenth-century economic pedagogy —ncludes in addition to the eight books listed, a transcript of Boissonade's key newspaper article 'L'Économie politique au Japon' (1876)