Imitation, Counterfeiting and the Quality of Goods in Modern Asian History

Part I Governing the Quality of Goods: Information, Trust-building and the Self-enforcement Mechanisms of the Market.- 1 Asymmetry of Information, Trust-building and Market Quality: Governing the Quality of Goods in Modern Asia (Kazuko FURUTA and Toshiaki USHIJIMA).- 2 Market Approaches to Dealing with Cotton Adulteration in Early Twentieth Century China (Masataka SETOBAYASHI).- 3  Fraudulent Fertilizer Problem in the Late Meiji Era: Credibility Acquisition by New Market Entrants and the Agricultural Experiment Stations (Chikashi TAKAHASHI).- 4 Two Paths toward Raising Quality: Fertilizer Use in Rice and Sugarcane Cultivation in Colonial Taiwan (1895-1945) (Kensuke HIRAI).- 5 Quality as a Moving Target: Japanese Tea, Consumer Preference, and Federal Regulation on the US Market (Robert HELLYER).- 6 Merchant Association Networks and Product Quality Control: A Case Study of the Silk Pongee Industry in Shandong (Wei ZHANG).- 7 Imitation and Innovation in the Early 20th Century North China Weaving Industry (Linda GROVE).- Part II Small Things and Copy Culture in Global Economic History: From the Perspectives of East Asia.- 8 Imitation, Counterfeiting, and the Market in Early Twentieth Century Japan and China: Intra-Asian Trade in Modern Small Sundry Goods (Kazuko FURUTA).- 9 Technology Transfer, Imitation and Local Production: The Soap Industry in Early 20th Century Tianjin (Linda GROVE).- 10 Assimilation and Industrialization: The Demand for Soap in Colonial Taiwan (Kensuke HIRAI).- 11 Playing with “Alien Fire” (Yanghuo): Matches in Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Century China (Kai Yiu CHAN).- 12 From Emulation to Innovation: Japanese Toy Exports to High-income Countries before World War II (Masayuki TANIMOTO).- 13 Bottom-up Industrialization in the People’s Republic of China: A Case Study of Industries Producing Small Things in Zhejiang (Asei ITO).- Index.<