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Engineering War and Peace in Modern Japan, 1868–1964
Takashi Nishiyama
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Hardback. Nishiyama's work offers lessons to policymakers interested in how a country can recover successfully after defeat. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Naval, aeronautic, and mechanical engineers played a powerful part in the military buildup of Japan in the early and mid-twentieth century. They belonged to a militaristic regime and embraced the importance of their role in it. Takashi Nishiyama examines the impact of war and peace on technological transformation during the twentieth century. He is the first to study the paradoxical and transformative power of Japan's defeat in World War II through the lens of engineering. Nishiyama asks: How did authorities select and prepare young men to be engineers? How did Japan develop curricula adequate to the task (and from whom ... Read more
Naval, aeronautic, and mechanical engineers played a powerful part in the military buildup of Japan in the early and mid-twentieth century. They belonged to a militaristic regime and embraced the importance of their role in it. Takashi Nishiyama examines the impact of war and peace on technological transformation during the twentieth century. He is the first to study the paradoxical and transformative power of Japan's defeat in World War II through the lens of engineering. Nishiyama asks: How did authorities select and prepare young men to be engineers? How did Japan develop curricula adequate to the task (and from whom ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology
Condition
New
Weight
498g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421412665
SKU
V9781421412665
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About Takashi Nishiyama
Takashi Nishiyama is an assistant professor of history at the State University of New York, Brockport.
Reviews for Engineering War and Peace in Modern Japan, 1868–1964
An extremely well-researched study that is of great value to historians of twentieth-century Japan and historians of aviation.
D. Colin Jaundrilll Military History Nishiyama is to be praised for the variety of sources he uses to study the role of engineers in the creation of modern Japan, both in times of war and peace. In particular, his work has ... Read more
D. Colin Jaundrilll Military History Nishiyama is to be praised for the variety of sources he uses to study the role of engineers in the creation of modern Japan, both in times of war and peace. In particular, his work has ... Read more