The Japanese Iron and Steel Industry, 1850-1990
The Japanese Iron and Steel Industry, 1850-1990

Author: S. Yonekura

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1994-03-15

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 0230374840

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'...a tightly argued and excellent book.' - William D. Wray, Journal of Japanese Studies How did Japan, despite her lack of natural resources, become the world's leading iron and steel producing country? This book examines how the collaboration between government and industry created this economic miracle.

The Japanese Iron and Steel Industry, 1850-1990
The Japanese Iron and Steel Industry, 1850-1990

Author: Seiichirō Yonekura

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 9780312106737

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"How did Japan, despite its lack of natural resources, become the world's leading iron- and steel-producing country? It is not enough to put an emphasis merely on the role of government. When Japan entered the modern industrial world in the middle of the nineteenth century, the country lacked not only technology but also technologists, engineers, a capital pool, managers, experienced workers, and a steady level of demand for new industrial outputs. To industrialise Japan needed not only to transfer physical equipment from the Western world but also to build up economic, social and organisational capabilities internally." "This book examines the history of Japan's iron and steel industry and scrutinises how the collaboration between government, industry and individual entrepreneurs created this economic miracle."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

International Bibliography of Business History
International Bibliography of Business History

Author: Francis Goodall

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-16

Total Pages: 685

ISBN-13: 113613820X

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The field of business history has changed and grown dramatically over the last few years. There is less interest in the traditional `company-centred' approach and more concern about the wider business context. With the growth of multi-national corporations in the 1980s, international and inter-firm comparisons have gained in importance. In addition, there has been a move towards improving links with mainstream economic, financial and social history through techniques and outlook. The International Bibliography of Business History brings all of the strands together and provides the user with a comprehensive guide to the literature in the field. The Bibliography is a unique volume which covers the depth and breadth of research in business history. This exhaustive volume has been compiled by a team of subject specialists from around the world under the editorship of three prestigious business historians.

Technology and the Culture of Progress in Meiji Japan
Technology and the Culture of Progress in Meiji Japan

Author: David G. Wittner

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-11-09

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1134080476

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Introduction : Meiji modernization revisited -- Tradition and modernization -- Iron machines and brick buildings : the material culture of silk reeling -- Smelting for civilization : technical choice and the modernization of the Iron industry -- Bunmei kaika to gijutsu : technology's role in 'civilization and enlightenment' -- Conclusion : from technological determinism to techno-imperialism.