Austin, Gareth and Sugihara, Kaoru, eds. (2013) Labour-intensive industrialization in global history. Routledge explorations in economic history . Routledge, Abingdon, UK. ISBN 9780415455527 (In Press)
Abstract
This volume calls for a major rethinking of our understanding of industrialization for global history, by bringing the East Asian experience of ‘labour-intensive’ industrialization into focus and, thereby, reinterpreting both the western experience of ‘capital-intensive’ industrialization and the equally distinctive experiences of countries in other regions of Asia and in Africa and Latin America. We argue that the absorption of labour into ‘labour-intensive’ industries, both traditional and modern, and the improvement of the quality of labour formed a central mechanism of global diffusion of industrialization. This volume presents a discussion on the significance of labour-intensive industrialization by leading economic historians engaged in the development of synthesizing theses and/or specializing in relevant regions, and seeking to foster the new academic dialogue on global economic history.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Official URL: | http://www.routledge.com |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 Routledge |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD2329 Industrialization |
| Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: | N - Economic History > N0 - General N - Economic History > N3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Income, and Wealth O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O14 - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology |
| Sets: | Departments > Economic History Collections > Economists Online |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/26031/ |
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