Double structure

Author: Takashi Nakamura
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Publish Date: 1997-07-01
Features: The theme of Volume 6 is to showcase the economic conditions from the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 to the eve of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937. The period from the end of the First World War in 1919 to the eve of the Second World War is known as the interwar period. At the turn of the 20th century, the entire world was exhausted by war and then ushered in a brief period of peace. However, this was merely a fleeting moment, as can be glimpsed from the term "interwar period." During this time, the global economy faced numerous challenges. First came the deflation of the 1920s, followed by the world economic crisis in the early 1930s. Japan, amidst this turbulent global landscape, resiliently developed its economy. Volume 6 is titled "Dual Structure." This is one of the structural issues that emerged internally within the Japanese economy under the unstable external environment (and which was repeated after the Second World War). It was during this period that internal changes in the Japanese economy took place, long regarded as the uniqueness of the Japanese economy. However, from a modern perspective, we should focus on the causes within the economic structure, represented by the labor market, during the process of economic development. This volume, "3 Dual Structure," attempts to examine through examples the process of the emergence and development of the so-called "dual structure," including the differences between industrial and agricultural sectors, the flow of labor to cities, the rise of domestic servants, and the development of urban small and medium-sized industries.