W. Miles Fletcher
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Research Interests
Fletcher's research interests lie in the field of modern Japanese history, 1868 to the present. Most recently his research has focused on the political economy of Japan -- the dynamics of Japan's industrialization and the relationship between the state and the private sector. His major publications include The Search for a New Order: Intellectuals and Fascism in Prewar Japan (University of North Carolina Press, 1982); The Japanese Business Community and National Trade Policy, 1920-1942 (University of North Carolina Press, 1989); "The Japan Spinners Association: Creating Industrial Policy in Meiji Japan: in The Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Winter 1996); "Co-operation and Competition in the Rise of the Japanese Cotton Spinning Industry, 1890- 1926," Asia Pacific Business Review, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Autumn 1998); "Economic Power and Political Influence: The Japan Spinners Association, 1900-1930," Asia Pacific Business Review, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Winter 2000), pp. 39-62; and "The Impact of the Great Depression: The Japan Spinners Association, 1927-1936," in Morris Low, ed., Building a Modern Japan (N.Y.: Palgrave MacMillan, 2005), pp. 207-232.
Graduate Students in the field of Global History advised by Miles Fletcher:
- Ricky Law (co-advised by Christopher Browning)
- Michael B. Smith
Click here to view a web version of Prof. Fletcher's curriculum vitae (in PDF).
Courses Offered (As Schedules Allow)
For current course listings, consult the Directory of Classes.
- HIST 140 -- The Contemporary World in Historical Perspective: The World Since 1945
- HIST 134 -- Modern East Asia
- HIST 281 -- The Pacific War: Origins and Legacy
- HIST 288 -- Japan in the Twentieth Century
- HIST 722 -- Readings in Contemporary Global History (since 1800)
Contact
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of History
CB #3195, Hamilton Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3195
wmfletch@email.unc.edu