Title:
Technology gatekeepers for war and peace : the British ship revolution and Japanese industrialization
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Series:
St. Antony's series
St. Antony's series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Publication Information:
Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan ; Oxford : In association with St. Antony's College, 2006.
Physical Description:
xv, 248 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9781403936875
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Summary
Summary
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.
Author Notes
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 |
