The Japanese Experience in Technology: From Transfer to Self-reliance

by Takeshi Hayashi

PUBLICATION DATA:

ISBN-10: 9280805665,
ISBN-13: 978-92-808-0566-6

LANGUAGE:

English

PAGES:

296

PRICE:

US$40.00

PUBLISHER:

United Nations University Press

PUBLISHED:

May 1990

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In an effort to provide some answers to the question of how Japan was able to industrialize and achieve technological superiority so quickly, the book examines technology and development in Japan from the Meiji period to the present. The author focuses on such key aspects as iron and steel, transportation, textiles, mining, financial institutions, rural and urban society, small-scale industry, female labour, education, general trading companies, and technology policy.