Technology gatekeepers for war and peace : the British ship revolution and Japanese industrialization

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Technology gatekeepers for war and peace : the British ship revolution and Japanese industrialization

Miwao Matsumoto

(St. Antony's/Macmillan series)

Palgrave Macmillan , In association with St. Antony's College, 2006

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Bibliography: p. 221-236

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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.

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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