A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan Volume 1: The Occupation Period 1945-1952
, by Nakayama, Shigeru; Yoshioka, Hitoshi- ISBN: 9781876843106 | 1876843101
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 9/1/2001
This title is the first volume of a comprehensive, four-volume survey which documents the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology from post-war devastation to its attaining a leading global status. A team of more than fifty Japanese experts labored for ten years in assembling the unique materials into a monumental work of careful scholarship. The study won the prestigious Mainichi Publications Award in 1997.