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Technology and the Culture of Progress in Meiji Japan: Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asian Series

Autor David G. Wittner
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 noi 2007
In this book David Wittner situates Japan’s Meiji Era experience of technology transfer and industrial modernization within the realm of culture, politics, and symbolism, examining how nineteenth century beliefs in civilization and enlightenment influenced the process of technological choice.
Through case studies of the iron and silk industries, Wittner argues that the Meiji government’s guiding principle was not simply economic development or providing a technical model for private industry as is commonly claimed. Choice of technique was based on the ability of a technological artifact to import Western "civilization" to Japan: Meiji officials’ technological choices were firmly situated within perceptions of authority, modernity, and their varying political agendas. Technological artifacts could also be used as instruments of political legitimization. By late the Meiji Era, the former icons of Western civilization had been transformed into the symbols of Japanese industrial and military might.
A fresh and engaging re-examination of Japanese industrialization within the larger framework of the Meiji Era, this book will appeal to scholars and students of science, technology, and society as well as Japanese history and culture.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415433754
ISBN-10: 0415433754
Pagini: 222
Ilustrații: 18 b/w images, 5 tables, 7 halftones and 11 line drawings
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asian Series

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. Introduction  2. Tradition and Modernization  3. Iron Machines and Brick Buildings: The Material Culture of Silk Reeling  4. Smelting for Civilization: Technical Choice and the Modernization of the Iron Industry  5. Bunmei Kaika to Gijutsu: Technology’s Role in "Civilization and Enlightenment"  6. Conclusion: From Technological Determinism to Techno-Imperialism

Notă biografică

David Wittner is Associate Professor of Asian History at Utica College in Utica, New York, USA

Recenzii

'Wittner's overall framework remains valid and offers a fresh way of looking at Japanese industrial and technological development - in cultural-political terms - during the critical opening decades of the modern era.' - Steven Ericson, Monumenta Nipponica 63:2

Descriere

In this book, David Wittner situates Japan’s Meiji Era experience of technology transfer and industrial modernization within the realm of culture, politics, and symbolism, examining how nineteenth century beliefs in civilization and enlightenment influenced the process of technological choice.