2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Reconsideration on the Public-service Nature of Japanese Railway Businesses in the Prewar Period
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22530348
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Economic history
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| Research Institution | Komazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 鉄道史 / 公共交通 / 鉄道事業 |
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| Research Abstract |
The objective of this study is to make clear the process by which private railway businesses in Japan came to take on a public-service nature, and the timing of this process. Shining a light on arguments and facts related to the public-service nature of railways during the interwar period, I employed an empirical study that involved primary sources.
I attempted to approach the above research topic from three directions. The first was a case-study analysis of urban areas in which urbanization and heavy industrialization advanced. The second was a comparison with provincial (local) railway businesses during the same period. The third was an analysis of private railways in Japan's colonies, using Taiwan as an example. The public-service nature of railways probably should be understood anew as something that has developed over history, rather than being treated as a given.
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Research Products
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