The Rice Standard versus the Meat Standard (The elements of the Slovene stereotype of the Japanese economy before the Second World War) Cover Image

"Riževi standard proti mesnemu standardu" (Elementi stereotipa o japonskem gospodarstvu pri Slovencih pred drugo svetovno vojno)
The Rice Standard versus the Meat Standard (The elements of the Slovene stereotype of the Japanese economy before the Second World War)

Author(s): Žarko Lazarević
Subject(s): Media studies, National Economy, Economic history, International relations/trade, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino
Keywords: economy; Japan; press; Kingdom of Yugoslavia; stereotype;

Summary/Abstract: The stereotype image of the Japanese economy created by the Slovenian press before the Second World War was not based on its own experience, but was assumed from the western European press. This is understandable, given the very small trade exchange between the two countries at the time. This stereotype included elements, such as social and foreign-exchange dumping, a patriarchal system, a better organised and more efficient economy, and unfair competition.

  • Issue Year: 40/2000
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 37-46
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Slovenian