====================== HES POSTING =================== [NOTE: Despite Matthew F.'s request that we send posting about Japanese economic thought to his student directly, I thought that some subscribers might be interested in the bibliographic notices. When Robert Dimand sent me his response privately, I asked him to post it to the list. If others respond, please send your response to the list as well as to Matthew's student. Also, because this was a student request for bibliographic help, I have added Matthew's question and Robert's response to the log of questions through the "ASK THE PROFESSOR" button on our website. The log of FAQs is slowly growing, and you can check them out at http://www.augustana.ab.ca/~emmer/ask_the_prof.html. Other responses to this query that are posted to the list or to me privately will be added to Robert's response. -- RBE] A recent posting on HES asked for references in English on Japanese economic thought in the Tokugawa period. These may prove useful: Tessa Morris-Suzuki, A History of Japanese Economic Thought, London and New York: Routledge and Nissan Institute for Japanese Studies (University of Oxford), 1989, Chapter 1, "Economic thought in Tokugawa Japan," pp. 7-43. Honjo Eijiro, Economic Theory and History of Japan in the Tokugawa Period, New York: Russell and Russell, 1965 (also many articles by Honjo in English in the Kyoto University Economic Review 1938-42 and 1959, listed in the AEA Index of Economic Journals). Donald Keene, The Japanese Discovery of Europe, 1720-1830, revised edition, Stanford University Press, 1969 -- includes Chapter 5, "Honda Toshiaki's Economic Theories," pp. 91-122, and "Appendix: Excerpts from the Writings of Honda Toshiaki," pp. 175-228. Chuhei Sugiyama and Hiroshi Mizuta, Enlightenment and Beyond: Political Economy Comes to Japan, University of Tokyo Press, 1988. Robert Dimand Department of Economics Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1 CANADA [log in to unmask] ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]