Technology and the culture of progress in Meiji Japan

David G. Wittner

Introduction : Meiji modernization revisited -- Tradition and modernization -- Iron machines and brick buildings : the material culture of silk reeling -- Smelting for civilization : technical choice and the modernization of the Iron industry -- Bunmei kaika to gijutsu : technology's role in 'civilization and enlightenment' -- Conclusion : from technological determinism to techno-imperialism.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Wittner, David G.
Publisher:	London : Routledge,
Subject:	Japan \| Technischer Fortschritt \| Technological change \| Sozialer Wandel \| Social change \| Wirtschaftswachstum \| Economic growth

Extent:	1 online resource (xix, 199 pages)
Series:	Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asia series ; 10
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [174]-194) and index.
ISBN:	978-0-203-94637-4 ; 978-1-134-08042-7 ; 978-1-134-08046-5 ; 978-1-134-08047-2 ; 978-0-415-43375-4 ; 978-0-415-56061-0
Other identifiers:	10.4324/9780203946374 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014500021