A Social History Of Science And Technology In Contemporary Japan

In 1983, Nakayama begin work on the "Japanese Science and Technology" project, in which a team of over 50 experts was assembled to document the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology after WWII, including both its positive and negative aspects. With the 1999 completion of the seventh volume generated by the project, the team turned to making their work available to a broader, non-Japanese speaking audience; this involved not only translation of the language, but also adjustments to content to make the original Japanese-oriented contexts and inferences intelligible to a non-Japanese audience. In this first English-language edition, fourteen Japanese experts contribute 28 chapters examining General Headquarters (GHQ) and demilitarization policy; academic research and its system under the Occupation; the reorganization of industrial and social systems; and scientists and engineers in the postwar democracy. Distributed by ISBS. c. Book News Inc.