Harukiyo Hasegawa challenges the notion of the Japanese success story with an in-depth case study of comparative growth and decline in the steel industries of two mature economies.

'...a tightly argued and excellent book.' - William D. Wray, Journal of Japanese Studies How did Japan, despite her lack of natural resources, become the world's leading iron and steel producing country? This book examines how the collaboration between government and industry created this economic miracle.

An overview of the fundamental processes of ironmaking and steelmaking, describing the growth of Japanese technologies, considering future problems that must be solved, and discussing the most current Japanese technologies, offering examples for each individual process. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Northeast Asian steel industries have developed global production networks, but by spanning multiple national spaces, these networks unite many national economies while belonging exclusively to none. Who, therefore, is in control? Jeffrey D. Wilson examines how states and firms coordinate their activities to govern global production.