Midori Hiraga

A Business History of Soy

Japan's Modernization and the Rise of Soy as a Global Commodity

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Produktbeschreibung

By studying little-known Japanese historical documents and corporate records, and focusing on the less-researched vegetable oil and industrial uses of soy, this book provides a better understanding of how this traditional Asian food was transformed into a global commodity embedded in contradictions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9781032673240
• ISBN-10: 1032673249
• Artikelnr.: 71235707

Autorenporträt

Midori Hiraga is an associate professor in the Faculty of Economics at Kyoto Tachibana University, Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Ch. 1 Pre-modern history of soy and vegetable oils in Japan
Ch. 2 Importing Manchurian soy meal as fertilizer (19th century to WWI):
Japan's state-building project and the birth of the modern soy-industry Ch.
3 Expanding soy's versatility in multiple markets (the interwar period): A
colonial strategy and a means of business survival Ch. 4 Shifting to edible
oil and American soy (before, during, and after WWII): From "important war
industry" to food industry Ch. 5 Increasing Japan's edible oil consumption
(the post-WWII period of rapid economic growth): Soy oil becomes an
everyday foodstuff Conclusion: Soy and capitalist development