A Social History of Science and Technology in

This title is the second volume of a comprehensive, four-volume survey which documents the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology from postwar devastation to its attaining a leading global status. The 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.

Introduction: The Road to High Economic Growth,

Shigeru Nakayama

1

(46)

Part I: End of Prohibitions on Research into Nuclear, Aviation and Military Technology

1 Lifting the Bans on Weapons Production and Rebuilding the Aircraft Industry,

Hitoshi Yoshioka

47

(14)

2 Re-establishing Civil Aviation,

Hitoshi Yoshioka

61

(19)

3 Forming a Nuclear Regime and Introducing Commercial Reactors,

Hitoshi Yoshioka

80

(24)

4 Nuclear Power Research and the Scientists' Role,

Hitoshi Yoshioka

104

(21)

5 The Bikini Incident and Radiation Surveys,

Yukuo Sasamoto

125

(19)

6 Advances in Space Research,

Hitoshi Yoshioka

144

(17)

7 The Beginning of Organized Science Reporting,

Yukio Wakamatsu

161

(16)

Part II: Establishment of a Government and Business-Centered R&D System

8 Establishing a Science and Technology Administrative System,

Hiroaki Tanaka

177

(21)

9 Strengthening Government Research Institutes,

Shuichi Tsukahara

198

(17)

10 Importing Technology,

Katsuhiro Arai

215

(20)

11 Foreign Technology Transfers and Corporate R&D,

Tetsuro Nakaoka

235

(17)

12 Developments in Corporate Engineering and Technical Training,

Katsuhiro Arai

252

(19)

Part III: New Attitudes among Scientists and Engineers

13 Overseas Study Leave and Participation in International Conferences,

Shigeru Nakayama

271

(10)

14 The First Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition,

Toshifumi Yatsumimi

281

(13)

15 Postwar Reforms to Higher Education: The New Graduate School Standard,

Takashi Hata

294

(27)

16 The Development of Molecular Biology in Japan,

Masayuki Obayashi

321

(13)

17 The Scientist Led Peace Movement,

Shigeru Nakayama

334

(11)

18 Technology Studies, Technological Innovation and State Monopoly Capitalism,

Kunio Goto

345

(16)

Part IV: Development of Key Industries and the Modernization of Manufacturing

19 Heavy and Chemical Industries and Coastal Industrial Zones,

Toru Takamatsu

361

(13)

20 The Energy Revolution and Changing Energy Policies,

Kunio Goto

374

(17)

21 The Energy Revolution,

Munehiro Miwa

391

(23)

22 The Reconstruction of the Electric Power Industry,

Takuji Okamoto

414

(40)

23 The 'Spin-off' from the Navy: The Case of Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in the Postwar Period,

Miwao Matsumoto

454

(14)

24 Rationalization and Technical Innovation in the Steel Industry,

Mitsuru Tate

468

(19)

25 Railway Electrification,

Toru Koyama

487

(16)

26 Agriculture Develops a Pesticide-Dependency,

Takako Ieda

503

(22)

27 The Mechanization of Rice Cultivation,

Hisashi Horio

525

(16)

28 Penicillin Production and the Reconstruction of the Pharmaceutical Industry,

Hazime Mizoguchi

541

(14)

Part V: Changing Lifestyles through Science and Technology

29 A New Start for the Automotive Industry,

Tsutomu Demizu

555

(19)

30 The Rise of the Motorcycle Industry,

Tsutomu Demizu

574

(11)

31 Evolution in the Precision Machinery Industries: From Domestic Use to Export,

Shuichi Tsukahara

585

(14)

32 The Diffusion of Household Electrical Appliances,

Yayoi Yoshioka

599

(13)

33 The Advent of the Television Age,

Hitoshi Yoshioka

612

(18)

34 The Development of Transistor Technology,

Hitoshi Yoshioka

630

(17)

35 The Introduction of American Style Food Culture,

Yayoi Yoshioka

647

(17)

36 The First Innovations in Medical Technology after WWII,

Shigenobu Kambayashi

664

(22)

Consolidated Bibliography

686

(43)

Index

729

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