The Technological Transformation of Japan

• 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.

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