The Allied Occupation and Japan's Economic Miracle: Building the Foundations of Japanese Science and Technology 1945-52

ISBN-13: 9781873410677 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 410 str.

Bowen C. Dees;Bowen C. Dees

Opis

There is virtually nothing - until the arrival of this study - addressing the significance of the enormous contributions in science and technology towards the realization of Japan's 'economic miracle' during the occupation period. Describes the Scientific and Technical Division of McArthur's GHQ.

Spis treści

1: Japanese Science and Technology Before 1945; 2: Scientific Investigations and Initial Controls; 3: First Steps; 4: Down to Work; 5: Atomic Energy Controls; 6: The First Full Year of the Occupation; 7: Dual Bureaucracies at Work: The Riken Story; 8: Striving for Democracy in Science; 9: The Two National Academy Missions; 10: Controls versus Assistance; 11: Standards and Quality Control; 12: Technology and the Economy; 13: The End of the Story; 14: Five Decades Later

O autorze

Bowen C. Dees