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Technology Gatekeepers for War and Peace M. Matsumoto

Technology Gatekeepers for War and Peace By M. Matsumoto

Technology Gatekeepers for War and Peace by M. Matsumoto

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The technological revolution in shipbuilding in the early twentieth century had a great impact on the military, industrial, commercial worlds. Matsumoto focuses on the relationship between this revolution and the structure and function of 'technology gatekeepers' during the transfer of marine science and technology from Britain to Japan.

Technology Gatekeepers for War and Peace Summary

Technology Gatekeepers for War and Peace: The British Ship Revolution and Japanese Industrialization by M. Matsumoto

The technological revolution in shipbuilding in the early twentieth century had a great impact on the military, industrial, commercial worlds. Matsumoto focuses on the relationship between this revolution and the structure and function of 'technology gatekeepers' during the transfer of marine science and technology from Britain to Japan.

Technology Gatekeepers for War and Peace Reviews

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

About M. Matsumoto

MIWAO MATSUMOTO is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology, University of Tokyo, Japan.

Table of Contents

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

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NLS9781349518975
9781349518975
1349518972
Technology Gatekeepers for War and Peace: The British Ship Revolution and Japanese Industrialization by M. Matsumoto
M. Matsumoto
St Antony's Series
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2006-01-01
248
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