The Technological Transformation of Japan

From the Seventeenth to the Twenty-First Century

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Paperback | 23 January 1995

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For decades, Japan has been at the cutting edge of much technology, becoming an industrial superpower in the process. It is not widely acknowledged, however, 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. It will be read not only by people interested in modern and premodern Japan, but by those who wish to learn from the "Japanese phenomenon."

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"It is hoped that Tessa Morris-Suzuki's book will provide a springboard for debate." Gail Ann M. Honda, (source???) "This book is especially informative, and insightful, because it never loses sight of the political, social, and economic contexts within which the history and development of technology in Japan must be considered." J.W. Dauben, Choice

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List of illustrations	p. viii
List of tables	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Japanese Challenge	p. 1
Explaining the Challenge: Culture, Institutions and History	p. 3
Imitation and Innovation	p. 4
Technology and the Japanese Periphery	p. 5
Social Networks and Innovation	p. 7
The Tokugawa Heritage, 1603-1867
Society and Technology in Tokugawa Japan	p. 13
Foreign Influences in a 'Closed Country'	p. 15
Heredity and Hierarchy	p. 18
Soroban and Sword	p. 20
Science and the Samurai	p. 23
'Develop Products, Promote Enterprise'	p. 27
Peace and the Printed Word	p. 32
Nature of Tokugawa Technology	p. 34
Silk and Cotton	p. 36
Gold, Silver and Iron	p. 43
Sake-brewing	p. 49
Carpentry and Instrument-making	p. 51
Opening the Doors	p. 55
Of Cannons, Iron Furnaces and the Outer Domains	p. 55
Japan and the Black Ships	p. 61
Hired Foreigners and Japanese Abroad	p. 63
Technology in Industrialising Japan, 1868-1945
Technology and the Meiji State, 1868-1912	p. 71
'Under Reconstruction'	p. 71
The State-centred Approach	p. 72
The Revisionist Approach	p. 84
The Social Network Approach	p. 88
Systems-building and Science-based Industry, 1912-1937	p. 105
Corporate Research and the Social Network of Innovation	p. 106
Science and Business: Company Research and the Acquisition of Technology	p. 108
The State and Corporate Research	p. 122
Subcontracting and Small Firms	p. 129
Government Planning and the Rise of Technology Policy	p. 136
A War of Science and Technology, 1937-1945	p. 143
A New Order for Science and Technology	p. 143
The War and Corporate Research	p. 149
Subcontracting and the 'Just-in-time' System	p. 153
Scientists and Social Responsibility	p. 155
The Making of a Technological Superpower, since 1945
Technology and the 'Economic Miracle', 1945-1973	p. 161
Democracy, Technology and the New Japan	p. 161
Back to the Future: Technological and Industrial Recovery	p. 164
Imported Technology and Indigenous Innovation	p. 166
Rationalisation and the Productivity Movement	p. 172
From Rationalisation to Automation: Postwar Technology Policies	p. 177
The Social Network of Innovation in Postwar Japan	p. 182
Technology, Society and the Environment	p. 202
High-tech Japan	p. 209
The Collapse of High Growth and the Birth of the 'Information Society'	p. 210
Next Generation Technologies	p. 212
The Changing Shape of Corporate Research	p. 219
Small-scale Manufacturing and the Technopolis Vision	p. 225
National Technology Projects: Nuclear Power and Space	p. 229
Japan as an Exporter of Technology	p. 239
Notes	p. 245
Chronology	p. 271
Bibliography	p. 275
Index	p. 293
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