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A Social History of Science
and Technology in Contemporary Japan
Volume 2, 1952-1959
edited by Shigeru Nakayama
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This title is the second volume of a
comprehensive, six-volume survey which documents the miraculous growth of
Japanese science and technology from postwar devastation to its attaining
a leading global status. The team of more than fifty Japanese experts
labored for ten years in assembling the unique materials into a monumental
work of careful scholarship. Volume 1 won the prestigious Mainichi
Publications Award in 1995, while Volume 2 won the same award im 1997..
Contents
Introduction: Toward high economic growth
End of prohibition of research in nuclear, aviation and military
technology
Establishment of R&D system of government and business
New attitude of scientists and engineers
Development of key industries and modernization of manufacturing
Science and technology and changing life styles
Published by Trans Pacific Press
Publ. 2005, 750 pp.
ISBN 1 876843 70 5, hardback, £60.00
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