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  • John Price
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Japan Works
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© 2019 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

© 2019 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. TABLES ix
  4. FIGURES xi
  5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
  6. ABBREVIATIONS xv
  7. 1. Introduction 1
  8. 2. Testing the Limits: Workers' Challenge ( 1945-1948) 37
  9. 3. The Japan-U.S. Business Alliance: Capital Retaliates (1948-1951) 67
  10. 4. Forms and Substance of Labor-Management Relations (1951-1955) 98
  11. 5. Institutions Emerge: Tensions, Limits, and Challenges (1955-1959) 127
  12. 6. Lean Production and the Quality Movement: Suzuki and Toyota 161
  13. 7. Miike 1960: The Limits of Coercion 191
  14. 8. High-Speed Growth and Unequal Development 219
  15. 9. Conclusion 259
  16. Bibliography 295
  17. Index 307
https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501732119-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. TABLES ix
  4. FIGURES xi
  5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
  6. ABBREVIATIONS xv
  7. 1. Introduction 1
  8. 2. Testing the Limits: Workers' Challenge ( 1945-1948) 37
  9. 3. The Japan-U.S. Business Alliance: Capital Retaliates (1948-1951) 67
  10. 4. Forms and Substance of Labor-Management Relations (1951-1955) 98
  11. 5. Institutions Emerge: Tensions, Limits, and Challenges (1955-1959) 127
  12. 6. Lean Production and the Quality Movement: Suzuki and Toyota 161
  13. 7. Miike 1960: The Limits of Coercion 191
  14. 8. High-Speed Growth and Unequal Development 219
  15. 9. Conclusion 259
  16. Bibliography 295
  17. Index 307
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