Technology Gatekeepers for War and Peace

The British Ship Revolution and Japanese Industrialization

AvM. Matsumoto

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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The scientific and technological revolution in shipbuilding in the early twentieth century had a great impact on both the military and the industrial/commercial world. Miwao Matsumoto focuses on the relationship between this revolution and the structure and function of 'technology gatekeepers' during the process of transfer of marine science and technology from Britain to Japan in this period. His analysis is undertaken in light of a new 'composite model' of Japanese industrialization, which reveals more profound and subtle sociological implications than 'success or failure' type accounts of industrialization usually suggest.

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Utgivningsdatum:2006-03-15
Mått:140 x 216 x 19 mm
Vikt:448 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:St Antony's Series
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Palgrave USA
ISBN:9781403936875

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MIWAO MATSUMOTO is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology, University of Tokyo. His books include The Failure of the Science-Technology-Society Interface. He is currently exploring theoretical frameworks to analyse the path-dependent dynamics of the social decision-making process with particular reference to the diffusion of wind turbines and human genome research.

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"This is an important contribution by an equally important scholar... Matsumoto's work clearly situates Japan's turn-of-the-century experiences in shipbuilding and in scientific and technological development within the larger literature of science, technology, and society." - David G. Wittner, Utica College

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List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Problems and Approaches The Technology Gatekeepers: The Role of the Navy and Mitsubishi in the Ship Revolution The Emergence of the Japanese Military-Industrial-University Complex: Technology Gatekeepers Combine 'Spin-on' and Latecomers' Advantages Reconsidered: British Development and Japanese Transfer in Social Context 'Spin-off' in the Nationalization of R & D: The Recasting of the British System in an Industrializing Japan Conclusion: Beyond Success or Failure Appendix Notes and References Bibliography Index