Organization
Faculty of Economics Professor
Title
Professor
Contact information
External link
NISHIMURA,Takeshi
Degree
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博士(経済学） ( 2005.3 )
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修士(経済学） ( 2000.3 )
Research Areas
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Humanities & Social Sciences / Economic history
Education
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Osaka University Graduate School, Division of Economics
- 2005
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Osaka Prefecture University Faculty of Economics
- 1998
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Osaka University Graduate School, Division of Economics
2005
Professional Memberships
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社会経済史学会
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政治経済学・経済史学会
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日本南アジア学会
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日本経営史学会
Committee Memberships
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社会経済史学会 常任理事
2021.1 - Present
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社会経済史学会 企画委員会・委員長
2021.1 - Present
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経営史学会 評議員
2019.1 - 2021.12
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社会経済史学会 理事
2019.1 - 2020.12
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日本経営史学会 JRBH委員
2015.1 - 2018.12
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社会経済史学会 企画委員
2012.1 - 2020.12
Papers
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1920年代のインドにおける銀行業の概観
西村雄志(編)『研究双書178冊 アジアにおける関西経済の発展 : 関西経済と近代アジア経済との密接な関係の歴史』関西大学 経済・政治研究所 51 - 70 2023.3
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歴史における貨幣へのまなざし
岩橋勝, 西村雄志
岩橋勝(編著)『貨幣の統合と多様性のダイナミズム』晃洋書房 1 - 13 2021.2
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インド貨幣制度における金貨の役割
西村雄志
岩橋勝(編著)『貨幣の統合と多様性のダイナミズム』晃洋書房 304 - 324 2021.2
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両大戦間期のインドにおける通貨制度と金融制度の「再編」
西村雄志
鎮目雅人(編)『信用貨幣の生成と展開：近世〜現代の歴史実証』慶應義塾大学出版会 335 - 388 2020.8
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Relations between the Yokohama Specie Bank and Chinese Merchants in 1930s Kobe: Preliminary Thoughts
Takeshi Nishimura
Kansai University Review of Economics ( 22 ) 1 - 19 2020.3
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Introduction
Ayumu Sugawara, Takeshi Nishimura
Takeshi Nishimura and Ayumu Sugawara (ed.) The Development of International Banking in Asia, Springer 2020
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Preface
Takeshi Nishimura
Takeshi Nishimura and Ayumu Sugawara (ed.) The Development of International Banking in Asia, Springer 2020
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From Silver to Gold: The Currency Reforms in Asia Before 1914
Takeshi Nishimura
Takeshi Nishimura and Ayumu Sugawara (ed.) The Development of International Banking in Asia, Springer 2020
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インド
西村 雄志
国際銀行史研究会(編)『金融の世界現代史』一色出版 445-473 2018.4
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The Activities of International Banks in Asia before 1913
Takeshi Nishimura
The Economic Review of Kansai University 67 ( 4 ) 2018.3
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明治初期の神戸における貿易金融の予備的考察
西村 雄志
西村雄志(編)『研究双書165冊 近代アジアと関西経済』関西大学 経済・政治研究所 65-84ページ 2017.3
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( 19 ) 9 - 25 2017.3
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103-117 103 - 117 2016.3
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両大戦間期の上海における倉庫業の概観
西村 雄志
関西大学経済史研究会(編)『経済発展と交通・通信』関西大学出版部 2015.1
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横浜正金銀行
西村 雄志
西村閑也・赤川元章・鈴木俊夫(編)『国際銀行とアジア 1870~1913』慶應義塾大学出版会 2014.6
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銀本位制から金本位制へ：アジア諸国
西村 雄志
西村閑也・赤川元章・鈴木俊夫(編)『国際銀行とアジア 1870~1913』慶應義塾大学出版会 315-400 2014.6
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インド
西村 雄志
国際銀行史研究会(編)『金融の世界史』悠書館 2012.10
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The Activities of the Yokohama Specie Bank in the Foreign Trade Financing Operations for Raw Cotton before the First World War
Takeshi Nishimura
Shizuya Nishimura, Toshio Suzuki and Ranald Michie (ed.) The Origins of International Banking in Asia: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Oxford University Press 2012
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20世紀初頭における香港の銀本位制
西村 雄志
籠谷直人・脇村孝平(編著) 『帝国とアジア・ネットワーク：長期の19世紀』世界思想社 2009.11
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The Transformation of the International Gold Standard under the Globalization, 1870-1913
Takeshi Nishimura, Matsuyama University College of Economics
Matsuyama University review 18巻6号、119-153ページ ( 6 ) 119 - 153 2007.2
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アジアから展望した国際通貨制度の形成
西村 雄志
市川文彦(編)『史的に探るということ！』関西学院大学出版会 55-65 2006.6
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二〇世紀初頭のアジアにおいて国際金本位制は国際公共財であったのか?--銀貨が担った通貨秩序と通貨制度
西村 雄志
歴史科学 184, pp.14-20 ( 184 ) 14 - 20 2006.5
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The Transformation of the Currency System in the Straits Settlements, 1893-1913 Reviewed
Takeshi Nishimura
Journal of Political Economy & Economic History 47(4), 33-49 ( 4 ) 33 - 49 2005.7
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The circulation of silver in British India, 1901-1913 Reviewed
Takeshi Nishimura
Socio-Economic History 68(6), 709-723 ( 6 ) 709 - 723 2003.3
Books
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巻頭言
長澤勢理香, 西村雄志
『経済論集』72巻 特集号 2023.3
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1930年代の神戸における中国系商人と外国為替銀行の関係 : 準備的考察
西村雄志
関西大学経済・政治研究所『セミナー年報 2021年度』 2022.3
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日本銀とアジア域内交易：東アジア国際秩序における近世日本の役割
西村雄志
平井健介・島西智輝・岸田真(編)『ハンドブック日本経済史：徳川期から安定成長期まで』ミネルヴァ書房 2021.12
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銀本位制の採用：世界経済との関係を模索する明治日本
西村雄志
平井健介・島西智輝・岸田真(編)『ハンドブック日本経済史：徳川期から安定成長期まで』ミネルヴァ書房 2021.12
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本位通貨制度と国際貿易
西村雄志
社会経済史学会(編)『社会経済史学事典』丸善出版 2021.6
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金融と物価
西村雄志
社会経済史学会(編)『社会経済史学事典』丸善出版 2021.6
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インドの金融
西村雄志
社会経済史学会(編)『社会経済史学事典』丸善出版 2021.6
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Reviewing the Asian economy from a historical perspective
Takeshi Nishimura
Kenta Goto, Tamaki Endo, Asei Ito (ed.) The Asian economy : contemporary issues and challenges, Routledge 2021
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経済史における「アジア」の変遷
西村 雄志
遠藤環・伊藤亜聖・大泉啓一郎・後藤健太(編)『現代アジア経済論』有斐閣 2018.3
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概説 世界経済史
北川勝彦・北原聡・西村雄志・熊谷幸久・柏原宏紀
昭和堂 2017.4
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大分岐：中国、ヨーロッパ、そして近代世界経済の形成
ケネス・ポメランツ (川北稔監訳 西村雄志他訳)
名古屋大学出版会 2015.5
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フランクのアジアに対する眼差し
西村雄志
金井雄一・中西聡・福澤直樹(編)『世界経済の歴史：グローバル経済史入門』名古屋大学出版会 2010.6
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世界システム論からグローバルヒストリーへ
西村 雄志
金井雄一・中西聡・福澤直樹(編)『世界経済の歴史：グローバル経済史入門』名古屋大学出版会 2010.6
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徳川幕府とスペイン・ハプスブルグ帝国：グローバルな舞台での二つの帝国
デニス・フリン (西村 雄志)
デニス・フリン『グローバル化と銀』(秋田茂・西村雄志編) 山川出版社 2010.5
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銀の流通から見た世界史の構築
秋田茂・西村雄志（ Role： Joint author）
デニス・フリン『グローバル化と銀』(秋田茂・西村雄志編) 山川出版社 2010.5
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銀のミクロ経済学と近世東西貿易
デニス・フリン (西村 雄志)
アジア太平洋論叢 2010
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秋田茂著『イギリス帝国とアジア国際秩序--ヘゲモニー国家から帝国的な構造的権力へ』
西村 雄志（ Role： Sole author）
アジア経済 2003.12
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比較経済史の再検討 : 「東アジア型発展径路」の概念的,歴史的,政策的含意
ケネス・ポメランツ (杉原薫・西村雄志)
『社会経済史学』 2003.3
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今田秀作『パクス・ブリタニカと植民地インド イギリス・インドの 《相関把握》』
西村 雄志（ Role： Sole author）
南アジア研究 2001.10
Presentations
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How did the Gold-Exchange Standard contribute to the Expansion of the Intra-Asian trade before the First World War? the integration between silver-using currency system and pound-sterling as the key currency in Asia
Takeshi Nishimura
Baltic Connections Conference 2021 2021.4
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Transformation of Currency Systems and Role of Banknotes: Case Study of the Activities of British Banks in Siam, 1888-1913
Takeshi Nishimura
18th World Economic History Congress, Boston 2018.8
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The transformation of informal payment systems under the modern banking system in the British India during the 1920s and 1930s
Takeshi Nishimura
18th World Economic History Congress, Boston 2018.7
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Activities of the Foreign Banks in Japan during the Meiji-Era
Takeshi Nishimura
43rd Annual Economic and Business History Society Conference, Jyväskylä, Finland 2018.5
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The Activities of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in the Dutch East Indies before the First World War
Takeshi Nishimura
1st World Business History Congress, Bergen 2016.8
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The Role of the Bangkok agency of the HSBC in Southeast Asia before 1913
Takeshi Nishimura
17th World Economic History Congress, Kyoto 2015.8
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The role of multiple payment systems in raw cotton trade between India and Japan in the 1920s: a case of Tokyo-Menka Kaisya
Takeshi Nishimura
17th World Economic History Congress, Kyoto 2015.8
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両大戦間期インドにおける決済構造の重層性: 棉花買い付けの事例を中心に
西村 雄志
社会経済史学会 2011.5
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香港における銀本位制の成立と銀行券の役割について
西村 雄志
社会経済史学会 2009.9
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The Activities of the Yokohama Specie Bank in the British India before the First World War
Takeshi Nishimura
15th World Economic History Congress, Utrecht 2009.8
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Railways, Exports of Primary Products and the Commercialisation of Forests in British India, 1890-1913
Takeshi Nishimura, Kaoru Sugihara
15th World Economic History Congress, Utrecht 2009.8
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Railways, Exports of Primary Products and the Commercialisation of Forestsin British India, 1890-1913
Takeshi Nishimura and Kaoru Sugihara
2009.8
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銀本位制から国際金本位制へ
西村 雄志
社会経済史学会 2005.5
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20 世紀初頭のインドにおける銀流通 ――金為替本位制論の再考――
西村 雄志
社会経済史学会 2000.10
Works
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Multiple Payment Systems in Globalizing Economies
Mina Ishizu, Takeshi Nishimura and Christiaan van Bochove
2018.7
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The interaction between the multiple payment systems and the emerging banking infrastructures in global and historical comparison
Mina ISHIZU, Christiaan VAN BOCHOVE, Takeshi NISHIMURA
2015.8
Research Projects
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Growth of Intra-Asian Trade and its Locational and Environmental Foundations: With special reference to Southeast and South Asia from the late 19th Century to the 1930s
Grant number：22H00867 2022.4 - 2025.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Grant amount：\17420000 （ Direct Cost: \13400000 、 Indirect Cost：\4020000 ）
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Multiplex paymeny systems and the evolution of central banking
Grant number：19H01513 2019.4 - 2023.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Grant amount：\16770000 （ Direct Cost: \12900000 、 Indirect Cost：\3870000 ）
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A Statistical Study of Indian Ocean Trade: Towards a Reappraisal of Regional Trade in Modern World History
Grant number：19H01515 2019.4 - 2022.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Grant amount：\17290000 （ Direct Cost: \13300000 、 Indirect Cost：\3990000 ）
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Empirical approach to the emergence and evolution of credy money
Grant number：18H00880 2018.4 - 2022.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Grant amount：\17160000 （ Direct Cost: \13200000 、 Indirect Cost：\3960000 ）
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The Contribution of the Multiple-Payment System on the Economic Development : The Modern Banking History Revised
Grant number：16H03649 2016.4 - 2019.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Nishimura Takeshi, Iwahashi Masaru, van Bochove C. J., Feenstra A., Metzler M., Hudson P., Calboni M.
Grant amount：\16120000 （ Direct Cost: \12400000 、 Indirect Cost：\3720000 ）
Most of the previous studies emphasize that the development of the modern banking backed by the central banking system have been able to promote to improve efficiency in the several kinds of payment systems. Mainly, in the cases of European countries and Japan, these previous studies have been accepted. However, in the cases of Asian and African regions, the payment systems have not been always able to be improved efficiency in various economic and commercial transactions by the introduction of modern banking backed by the central banking system. Therefore, this project tried to show the nature of the payment system not only in the regions of Asia and Africa but also in European countries and Japan, and refined the functions of the payment systems from the viewpoint of the informal payment system. Informal systems mean the local and regional payment system based on the traditional culture and customs. In conclusion, we can find the crucial functions of the informal payments.
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Money and credit in the pre-modern and transitionary period
Grant number：15H03370 2015.4 - 2019.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Shizume Masato, Iwahashi Masaru, Kuroda Akinobu, Takatsuki Yasuo, Morota Hiroaki, Yasukuni Ryoichi, Ogren Anders, Alvarez Andres
Grant amount：\11310000 （ Direct Cost: \8700000 、 Indirect Cost：\2610000 ）
We conducted extensive research on the mechanism of emergence and development of money in a society. To the goal, we primarily focused on the Japanese monetary history through the 16-19th century, and employed an comparative approach across countries. We have revealed that, in the pre-modern period (up to the late 19th century), the mechanism of providing money through credit (inside money) was vital for the development of monetary economy, and that during the transition to the modern system, the society faced difficulties in transforming the existing system of the provision of credit to the modern one. Members published books and journal articles and presented results of analyses in numerous academic conferences.
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Long-Term Trends and Fluctuations of Foreign Trade, Domestic Commerce, and Commodity Prices in Colonial India: A Statistical Study
Grant number：15H03369 2015.4 - 2018.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Sugihara Kaoru, WAKIMURA Kohei, TANIGUTI Kenji, KAWASHIMA Toshiki, ROY Tirthankar, PARTHASARATHI Parasanan, BALACHANDRAN Gopalan
Grant amount：\15340000 （ Direct Cost: \11800000 、 Indirect Cost：\3540000 ）
This study examines statistics relating to foreign trade and internal trade in British India, and analyzes the patterns and development of foreign and internal trade in a comparative perspective. By comparing the trade statistics of each presidency, which was the main source from the early to the middle of the nineteenth century, with those of British India, and by putting together the statistics of coasting, rail- and river-borne, and road-borne trade, along with that of foreign trade, we find that there appears to have been a growth of internal trade, especially in the second half of the nineteenth century. Induced by the growth of networks of railways and steamships as a result of the growth of long-distance trade, domestic goods ranging from local grains and spices to cotton textiles and sundries circulated across the subcontinent. The pattern resembles the concurrent growth of foreign and regional trade in East Asian countries at a similar stage of integration.
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The Role of the Central Bank and the Transformation of the Financial and Banking Systems in British India between the World Wars
Grant number：25380450 2013.4 - 2017.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Nishimura Takeshi
Grant amount：\4810000 （ Direct Cost: \3700000 、 Indirect Cost：\1110000 ）
The purpose of this project is to explore how the domestic financial systems, mainly the banking system, were transformed in the process of the establishment of the central banking, the Reserve Bank of India, between the world wars. However, because this project made a slower start than the original schedule due to the various problems, I have not been able to publish and present the results of the project by the end of the this March. At this point, I plan to publish the results of the project as a working paper written in English within the next fiscal year. I have already finished to make arrangements for publishing. Nevertheless, I could publish and present the results concerning the research of activities of the international exchange banks more fruitful than the original plan. I would like to continue to develop my research of the international exchange banks' activities.
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Colonial Cities in Modern Asia: Commercial, Financial and Informational Networks
Grant number：22330105 2010 - 2012
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
WAKIMURA Kohei, ISHIKAWA Ryota, KITANI Natsuko, NISHIMURA Takeshi, KAGOTANI Naoto, SHIMADA Ryuto, OISHI Takashi, KAWAMURA Tomotaka, ICHIKAWA Tomo, TANIGUCHI Kenji
Grant amount：\18460000 （ Direct Cost: \14200000 、 Indirect Cost：\4260000 ）
We have examined several cases of colonial city in modern Asia. We finally clarified the following two points. Firstly, Asian merchants/ entrepreneurs (Chinese or Indian) formed their resilient networks among Asian colonial cites. Secondly, institutional
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The Role of the Modern Silver Market under the International Gold Standard in Asia
Grant number：21730283 2009 - 2011
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
NISHIMURA Takeshi
Grant amount：\4290000 （ Direct Cost: \3300000 、 Indirect Cost：\990000 ）
The purpose of this research project is to analyze how the modern silver market contributed the economic development in Asia before 1913.During the three years of the project, I have analyzed that the silver standard in Hong Kong before 1913 and how the activities of the Yokohama Specie Bank contributed the economic development of the British India and Japan. These topics, the activities of the traditional financial merchants and brokers in Asia, the role of the Bank of England and the Indian Office in London silver market and the systems of the local silver markets in Asia, were not still finished. After ending the project, I continue to research these topics.
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Development of the Straits Settlements and Commercial Networks : A Survey of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce(1837-1913)
Grant number：21530336 2009 - 2011
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
KAWAMURA Tomotaka, NISHIMURA Takeshi
Grant amount：\4420000 （ Direct Cost: \3400000 、 Indirect Cost：\1020000 ）
We sought archival sources on Annual Reports of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce held by the Singapore National Library, the Singapore National University and the Singapore National Archive. As a result, we could collect all the existing reports(in the form of photocopies) between1887and1940. Those include Annual Reports of the Penang Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture between1887and1900. We can make a comparative study on both commercial organizations.
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New Development of Global History Studies and the Reconsideration of Modern and Contemporary World History
Grant number：20242013 2008 - 2011
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
AKITA Shigeru, MIZUSHIMA Tsukasa, TAMAKI Toshiaki, SIGIHARA Kaoru, KUBO Toru, SAITO Osamu, MAEKAWA Ichiro, KAWAMURA Tomotaka, NISHIMURA Takashi, SHIMADA Ryuto, MURAKAMI Ei, FUJITA Kayoko, OTA Atsushi, GEORGE Bryan souza, DENNIS Flynn, YAMASHITA Norihisa, WOLFGANG Schwentker
Grant amount：\44460000 （ Direct Cost: \34200000 、 Indirect Cost：\10260000 ）
The economic development of Maritime Asia in the' Long Eighteenth Century' was made by the rapid growth of overseas trade and its hinterlands, combined with dynamic activities of Asian merchants and an unique development of Asian' commodity chain'. Similarly,' Economic resurgence of East Asia' since the 1970s was materialized by the combination of Asian' Developmentalism', led by elites classes, with foreign economic aids-programmes. It was enabled under a favorable international' Cold-War' system and by the development of Asian regionalism.
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On the Transformation of the Monetary System in Japan : Evolution of the Modern Payment System in the Global Context
Grant number：20330075 2008 - 2011
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
KATO Keiichiro, IWAHASI Masaru, NASIRO Kunio, SIROYAMA Tomoko, NISHIMURA Takeshi, URANAGASE Takashi, TERACHI Takayuki, SHIZUME Masato, TSURUMI Shigeyoshi
Grant amount：\18070000 （ Direct Cost: \13900000 、 Indirect Cost：\4170000 ）
On the methodology of this project, we adopted an approach of comparative analysis focusing on not the dissimilarities but the similarity in payment across different regions and periods. Similarities here refer to diversity of the currency, multi-layered structure of the currency or separation between the measure of payment and the unit of account. As for the empirical research, we could find that there was a separation between measure of payment and unit of account in the early modern Japan based on the documents of a local merchant. In other regions such as Western Asia, Western Europe and China, we confirmed that the same phenomenon occurred during their pre-modern or modern period.
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Silver Standard in China under the International Gold Standard,1873-1913
Grant number：18730234 2006 - 2008
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
NISHIMURA Takeshi
Grant amount：\3810000 （ Direct Cost: \3600000 、 Indirect Cost：\210000 ）
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The Labour-intensive Path of Economic Development and the Quality of Labour and Life in India
Grant number：18330074 2006 - 2008
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
SUGIHARA Kaoru, YANAGISAWA Haruka, WAKIMURA Wakimura Kouhei, NAGASAKI Nobuko, OISHI Takashi, KANDA Sayako, NISHIMURA Takeshi
Grant amount：\16350000 （ Direct Cost: \14100000 、 Indirect Cost：\2250000 ）
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Globalisation and Development of International Banking 1900-1990
Grant number：17203026 2005 - 2008
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
SUZUKI Toshio, SUGAWARA Ayumu, AKAGAWA Motoaki, HIRAOKA Kenji, IRIE Kyohei, KITABAYASHI Masashi, YAGO Kazuhiko, KSUYA Makoto, NISHIMURA Takashi, NISHIMURA Shizuya, SYU Ma-an, YOUSSEF Cassis, RANALD C. Michie, HERBERT Bonin
Grant amount：\31980000 （ Direct Cost: \24600000 、 Indirect Cost：\7380000 ）
Devising educational methods
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担当科目(大講義室で実施する)の講義では、講義の冒頭に当日の講義内容の簡単なレジュメを配布し、講義ではより詳細なパワーポイントを使って説明する。学生には、レジュメで講義内容を追いつつ、重要と思われる点について各自が適宜ノート等に書き取ることを求めている。講義の主たる目的としては、経済史を単なる知識の集積として捉えるのではなく、それぞれが相互に影響し合い大きな｢歴史の流れ｣を形成しているのだと、各々が自らの問題意識のなかで発見させることにある。 ゼミに関しては、講義と異なり担当教員が主導するのではなく、学生の方から積極的な発言と提案を求めている。未だ正式なゼミを持っていないので、基礎演習とワークショップのみであるが、いずれの場でも各自の積極的な発言を求めた。
Teaching materials
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北川勝彦・北原聡・西村雄志・熊谷幸久・柏原宏紀(編)『概説世界経済史』昭和堂、2017年。
Teaching method presentations
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Special notes on other educational activities
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経済学部基礎演習の学生とともに、神戸市に残るアジアとの歴史的つながりの足跡を辿るフィールドワークを実施した。講義では難しいが、ゼミでは工場見学等も積極的に行っている（2011年度）。