Author: Shigeru Nakayama
Publisher: ISBS
ISBN: 9781876843465
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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This study is the fourth and final volume of a comprehensive survey that documents the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology from post-war devastation to its rise as a global leader. A team of more than fifty Japanese experts labored for ten years to assemble unique materials into this monumental work of careful scholarship. The fourth volume deals with the decade from 1970 to 1979. It includes numerous tables and figures, has a bibliographic guide and notes at the end of each chapter, as well as a consolidated bibliography. An indispensable resource...Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals; two-year technical program students. - CHOICE on Volume 1
Author: David G. Wittner
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317444361
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
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Science, technology, and medicine all contributed to the emerging modern Japanese empire and conditioned key elements of post-war development. As the only emerging non-Western country that was a colonial power in its own right, Japan utilized these fields not only to define itself as racially different from other Asian countries and thus justify its imperialist activities, but also to position itself within the civilized and enlightened world with the advantages of modern science, technologies, and medicine. This book explores the ways in which scientists, engineers and physicians worked directly and indirectly to support the creation of a new Japanese empire, focussing on the eve of World War I and linking their efforts to later post-war developments. By claiming status as a modern, internationally-engaged country, the Japanese government was faced with having to control pathogens that might otherwise not have threatened the nation. Through the use of traditional and innovative techniques, this volume shows how the government was able to fulfil the state’s responsibility to protect society to varying degrees. Chapter 14 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Author: Morris Low
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521654258
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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This book explores the dynamic relationship between science, technology and Japanese society, examining how it has contributed to economic growth and national well-being. It presents a synthesis of recent debates by juxtaposing competing views about the role and direction of science, technology and medical care in Japan. Topics discussed include government policy, the private sector and community responses; computers and communication; the automobile industry, the aerospace industry and quality control; the environment; consumer electronics; medical care; and the role of gender. This is an ideal introductory text for students in the sociology of science and technology, the history and philosophy of science, and Japanese studies. Up-to-date research and case studies make this an invaluable resource for readers interested in the nature of science and technology in the twenty-first century.
Author: Shigeru Nakayama
Publisher: ISBS
ISBN: 9781876843106
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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In 1983, Nakayama begin work on the "Japanese Science and Technology" project, in which a team of over 50 experts was assembled to document the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology after WWII, including both its positive and negative aspects. With the 1999 completion of the seventh volume generated by the project, the team turned to making their work available to a broader, non-Japanese speaking audience; this involved not only translation of the language, but also adjustments to content to make the original Japanese-oriented contexts and inferences intelligible to a non-Japanese audience. In this first English-language edition, fourteen Japanese experts contribute 28 chapters examining General Headquarters (GHQ) and demilitarization policy; academic research and its system under the Occupation; the reorganization of industrial and social systems; and scientists and engineers in the postwar democracy. Distributed by ISBS. c. Book News Inc.
Author: Shigeru Nakayama
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781876843465
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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Book Description
This study is the fourth and final volume of a comprehensive survey that documents the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology from post-war devastation to its rise as a global leader. A team of more than fifty Japanese experts labored for ten years to assemble unique materials into this monumental work of careful scholarship. The fourth volume deals with the decade from 1970 to 1979. It includes numerous tables and figures, has a bibliographic guide and notes at the end of each chapter, as well as a consolidated bibliography. An indispensable resource...Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals; two-year technical program students. - CHOICE on Volume 1
Author: Shigeru Nakayama
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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This title is the second volume of a comprehensive, four-volume survey which documents the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology from postwar devastation to its attaining a leading global status. The team of more than fifty Japanese experts labored for ten years in assembling the unique materials into a monumental work of careful scholarship. The study won the prestigious Mainichi Publications Award in 1997.
Author: Noboru Hirota
Publisher: Apollo Books
ISBN: 9781920901141
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 810
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"This publication is a translation of the book entitles Gendai Kagakusi (A History of Modern Chemistry) published by Kyoto University Press in 2013.
Author: Shigeru Nakayama
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Elise K. Tipton
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415185387
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Ranging from the Tokugwa period to the present day, this text provides a concise and fascinating introduction to the social, cultural and political history of modern Japan. Tipton covers political and economic developments and shows how they relate to social themes and developments. Her survey covers traditional political history as well as areas growing in interest: gender issues, labor conditions and ethnic minorities.
Author: Shigeru Nakayama
Publisher: Global Oriental
ISBN: 9004213074
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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One of the most distinguished science historians of the twentieth century, Shigeru Nakayama has been at the forefront of redirecting or ‘reorientating’ conventional East Asian science and technology, arguing, like Joseph Needham, that the ‘orientation of science’ refers not only to the direction of science but also implies a turning to Eastern science. In recent times, he has been arguing for implementation of a ‘Service Science’,which is linked to the rights and needs of mankind. A survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, he majored in astrophysics at the University of Tokyo and wrote on the history of astronomy for his PhD and later on the history of science for his Harvard PhD.
