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Part 1: TRADE AND THE TRADITIONAL ECONOMY The Japanese Trading WorldBefore 1853 and the First Trade with Europeans; The West and Japan before theOpening of the Ports; Kaikoku: the Opening of Japan; Early MeijiModernisation and the Development of the Traditional Export Sector. Part 2:JAPAN'S ENTRY INTO THE MODERN WORLD TRADING SYSTEM Growth and Transformationin Japan's Trade and Payments, 1890-1937; The Role of Public Policy; ThePrivate Sector; Achieving International Competitiveness in Cotton Textiles,1914-37. Part 3: THE TRANSFORMATION OF TECHNOLOGY Building the TechnologicalInfrastructure; Technology and Trade in the Strategic Industries; Technologyand Trade in the Commercial Sector. Part 4: WAR, EMPIRE AND THE GLOBALISATIONOF TRADE The Imperial Background and the Role of Taiwan; The EconomicExpansion of Japan in Manchuria; Japan's Trade and Direct Investment in theChinese Textile Industry.