Curriculum Vitae
Education
BA Amherst College, 1968
MA Yale University, 1969
PhD Yale University, 1975
Research Interests
W. Miles Fletcher’s research interests lie in the field of modern Japanese history, 1868 to the present. His work first focused on the political and intellectual history of Japan during the interwar period. More recently his research has concentrated on the history of the political economy of Japan—the dynamics of Japan’s industrialization, especially in the cotton textile industry, and the relationship between the state and the private sector. He is currently working on the Japanese business community and Japan’s “lost decade” of the 1990s.
Some Notable Publications
- "The 15-Year War," in William Tsutsui, ed., A Companion to Japanese History (Oxford University Press, 2006), 241–262
- "The Impact of the Great Depression: The Japan Spinners Association, 1927–1936," in Morris Low, ed., Building a Modern Japan (Palgrave MacMillan, 2005), 207–232
- "The Japan Spinners Association: Creating Industrial Policy in Meiji Japan," in The Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Winter 1996)
- The Japanese Business Community and National Trade Policy, 1920–1942 (University of North Carolina Press, 1989)
- The Search for a New Order: Intellectuals and Fascism in Prewar Japan (University of North Carolina Press, 1982)