Sitewide Free Shipping - Limited Time Only - No Minimum Spend - T&C's Apply
Track My Order
Help Centre
Likes
My Wish ListsLogin / Join
Booktopia
Australia's local bookstore
Get Free Shipping on orders over $0
From Samurai to Engineer-Manager : The Case Study of ?hara Junnosuke (1859-96), Mining Specialist in Meiji Japan - Erich Pauer

From Samurai to Engineer-Manager

The Case Study of ?hara Junnosuke (1859-96), Mining Specialist in Meiji Japan

By: Erich Pauer

eText | 27 March 2026 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

eText

$94.59

or 4 interest-free payments of $23.65 with

 or 

Available: 27th March 2026

Preorder. Online access available after release.

Why choose an eTextbook?

Instant Access *

Purchase and read your book immediately

Read Aloud

Listen and follow along as Bookshelf reads to you

Study Tools

Built-in study tools like highlights and more

* eTextbooks are not downloadable to your eReader or an app and can be accessed via web browsers only. You must be connected to the internet and have no technical issues with your device or browser that could prevent the eTextbook from operating.

From Samurai to Engineer-Manager reconstructs the life and work of the Japanese mining engineer ?hara Junnosuke in the early decades of Japan's industrialization.

While Japan's political and socio-economic development during the Meiji period has been extensively researched, the technological/technical foundations that were crucial to its success have remained largely obscure. Drawing on unique, mostly handwritten sources including lecture notes, internship and work experience reports, travelogues and diaries, the example of ?hara Junnosuke illustrates the beginnings of engineering education in Japan and its intertwining with the subsequent professional career of the protagonist. Born in 1859 into a samurai family, ?hara Junnosuke studied at the Imperial College of Engineering in T?ky?, the first higher technical school in Japan. He worked for the Ministry of Public Works, then joined a private mining company as head manager of the ?mori Mine in Iwami, where he oversaw the construction of a modern silver production plant. His premature death in 1896 ended a promising career.

?hara's education and professional career are in many ways typical of Japan's emerging technical elite and their contribution to the industrialization. The book will be of interest to scholars in the fields of history of technology, economic history and history of education not only concerning Japan, but in general.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

on
Desktop
Tablet
Mobile

You Can Find This eBook In

Non-FictionBiographies & True Stories BiographiesScience, Technology & Medicine BiographiesHistoryRegional & National HistoryAsian HistoryEngineering & TechnologyOther Technologies & Applied SciencesMining Technology & EngineeringReference, Information & Interdisciplinary SubjectsInterdisciplinary Studies
Regional Studies

More in Science, Technology & Medicine Biographies

Men of Mathematics - E.T. Bell

eBOOK

Men of Mathematics

eBook

$9.99

This product is categorised by