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Japan and the Internet Revolution
Coates, Ken, Holroyd, Carin
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Description for Japan and the Internet Revolution
Hardcover. This text challenges the portrait of Japan as a technologically slow moving nation, lacking in creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. Overcoming the substantial barriers erected by the Japanese government, promoters and entrepreneurs managed to create a flexible and dynamic Internet society. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 385.
Japan and the Internet Revolution challenges the portrait of Japan as a technologically slow-moving nation, lacking in creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. Overcoming the substantial barriers erected by the Japanese government to the introduction of the Internet, promoters and entrepreneurs managed to create a flexible and dynamic Internet society. From a slow start, Japan has emerged as the global leader in the mobile internet, the host of arguably the strongest nation-specific web-presence in the world, and a country determined to remain near the forefront of the digital revolution.
Japan and the Internet Revolution challenges the portrait of Japan as a technologically slow-moving nation, lacking in creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. Overcoming the substantial barriers erected by the Japanese government to the introduction of the Internet, promoters and entrepreneurs managed to create a flexible and dynamic Internet society. From a slow start, Japan has emerged as the global leader in the mobile internet, the host of arguably the strongest nation-specific web-presence in the world, and a country determined to remain near the forefront of the digital revolution.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333921531
SKU
V9780333921531
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Coates, Ken, Holroyd, Carin
KEN COATES is the Dean and Professor of History, College of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan. He has an extensive background in world history, the social impact of information technology, and indigenous rights. He has published two other books with Carin Holroyd. CARIN HOLROYD is a specialist in international trade, focusing on Japan. She is the author of ... Read more
Reviews for Japan and the Internet Revolution
'This is a book with a mission: to educate people outside Japan in the intricacies of Internet implementation within that country by providing an overview of recent developments...Japan and the Internet Revolution is an interesting read which provides a fascinating and informative discussion of the ways in which the Internet has emerged and then flourished in Japan. I recommend it ... Read more