Tessa Morris-Suzuki

The Technological Transformation of Japan

From the Seventeenth to the Twenty-First Century

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For decades, Japan has been at the cutting edge of much technology, becoming an industrial superpower along the way. However, it is not widely acknowledged that Japan's status as technological leader is the result of historical processes over centuries. This landmark book is the first general English-language history of technology in modern Japan. Impressive for its scope and insight, the book also considers the social costs of rapid technological change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 515g
• ISBN-13: 9780521424929
• ISBN-10: 0521424925
• Artikelnr.: 22427075

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction; Part I. The Tokugawa Heritage 1603
1867: 2. Society and technology in Tokugawa, Japan; 3. Opening of doors; Part II. Technology in Industrialising Japan 1868
1945: 4. Technology and the Meiji State 1868
1912; 5. Systems-building and science-based industry 1912
1937; 6. A war of science and technology 1937
1945; Part III. The Making of a Technological Superpower Since 1945: 7. Technology and the 'economic miracle' 1945
1973; 8. High-tech Japan; Notes; Chronology; Bibliography; Index.