TY - BOOK AU - Roberts, John G. TI - Mitsui: three centuries of Japanese business SN - 978-0834800802 PY - 1973/// CY - New York PB - Weatherhill KW - Business Economics KW - Business and politics N1 - $13.50; From sword to soroban -- Echigoya the shunned -- The source of happines is prudence -- "Remember we are merchants" -- Legacy of the barbarians -- Trade of blood and guile -- The man from nowhere -- Picking the winner -- By appointment to the Emperor -- Foundations in banking and commerce -- Capitalism, Japanese style -- The Zaibatsu builders -- Diplomacy by other means -- The best laid plans ... -- A foothold on the mainland -- The two faces of Mitsui -- Which way to Utopia? -- The clan in all its glory -- Whom the gods would destroy -- Challenging the world -- The honorable men in power -- The wave of the future -- Crack in the foundation -- Not necessarily to Japan's advantage -- Ashes, ashes, all fall down -- All the king's men -- New wine in old bottles -- The rebirth of Mitsui Bussan -- Behind the curtain -- Japan, unlimited ER -