Janet Hunter

Associate and Saji Professor of Economic History

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+44 (0)20 7955 7071

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j.e.hunter@lse.ac.uk

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Biography

Janet Hunter's current research interests are:

Economic and social istory of modern Japan
Comparative Economic History
Gender and Industrialisation
History of Anglo-Japanese economic and business relations

Janet's latest projects include:

History of Anglo-Japanese economic relations
Labour market for female textile workers in pre-war Japan
Economic history of communications

Latest

International Studies Papers

Studies in the Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902-1923)

01 January 2003

Gordon Daniels, Janet Hunter, Ian Nish and David Steeds

Daniels examined British media views of Japan by sampling local and national dailies, with emphasis on The Times and The Economist and magazines like Punch, The Graphic and The Illustrated London News. While the metropol... Read more...

Japanese Studies Programme Papers

Japan: State and People in the Twentieth Century - Papers presented at the STICERD 20th Anniversary Symposium in July 1998

01 March 1999

Sheldon Garon, edited by Janet Hunter, Barbara Molony, Werner Pascha and Ben-Ami Shillony

The four papers and comments in this volume deal with different aspects of the relationship between state and people in twentieth century Japan. Ben-Ami Shillony's paper is concerned with religious aspects of this relati... Read more...

International Studies Papers

Japanese Perspectives on Imperialism in Asia

01 January 1995

Shigeru Akita, edited by Janet Hunter and Susan C. Townsend

A Suntory-Toyota Symposium was held at the International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines on Friday, 9 December 1994. There were two speakers at the symposium: Professor Shigeru Akita of Osaka University of F... Read more...

Japanese Studies Programme Papers

The Social History of Occupied Japan: 1: Some Sources and Problems, 2: British Writings on Japanese History

01 July 1990

Gordon Daniels, Janet Hunter and Ian Nish

Preface: Dr Gordon Daniels, Reader in History at the University of Sheffield, presented his paper on the Social History of Occupied Japan at a one-day workshop on the Teaching of Japanese Economic and Social History, hel... Read more...