Technology Gatekeepers for War and Peace: The British Ship Revolution and Japanese Industrialization

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M. Matsumoto

Technology Gatekeepers for War and Peace

The British Ship Revolution and Japanese Industrialization

M. Matsumoto

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English

Palgrave Macmillan
15 March 2006

Asian history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Maritime history; International relations; Shipbuilding industry

Series: St Antony's Series

The scientific and technological revolution in shipbuilding in the early twentieth century had a great impact on both the military and the industrial/commercial world. Miwao Matsumoto focuses on the relationship between this revolution and the structure and function of 'technology gatekeepers' during the process of transfer of marine science and technology from Britain to Japan in this period. His analysis is undertaken in light of a new 'composite model' of Japanese industrialization, which reveals more profound and subtle sociological implications than 'success or failure' type accounts of industrialization usually suggest.

By: M. Matsumoto
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Edition: 2006 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 465g
ISBN: 9781403936875
ISBN 10: 1403936870
Series: St Antony's Series
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 15 March 2006
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

MIWAO MATSUMOTO is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology, University of Tokyo. His books include The Failure of the Science-Technology-Society Interface. He is currently exploring theoretical frameworks to analyse the path-dependent dynamics of the social decision-making process with particular reference to the diffusion of wind turbines and human genome research.

Reviews for Technology Gatekeepers for War and Peace: The British Ship Revolution and Japanese Industrialization

""This is an important contribution by an equally important scholar... Matsumoto's work clearly situates Japan's turn-of-the-century experiences in shipbuilding and in scientific and technological development within the larger literature of science, technology, and society."" - David G. Wittner, Utica College