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Author Wittner, David G
Title Technology and the culture of progress in Meiji Japan / David G. Wittner
Imprint London ; New York : Routledge, 2008
book jacket
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 Mo  338.095209 W832    AVAILABLE    30550100421567
Descript xix, 199 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Series Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asia series ; 10
Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia East Asia series ; 10
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [136]-194) and index
Introduction : Meiji modernization revisited -- Tradition and modernization -- Iron machines and brick buildings : the material culture of silk reeling -- Smelting for civilization : technological choice and the modernization of the iron industry -- Bunmei kaika to gijutsu : technology's role in 'civilization and enlightenment' -- Conclusion : from technological determinism to techno-imperialism
Subject Industrialization -- Japan
Technology -- Social aspects -- Japan
Industries -- Social aspects -- Japan
Japan -- Economic conditions -- 1868-1918
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