For decades, Japan has been at the cutting edge of much technology, becoming an industrial superpower in the process. It is not widely acknowledged, however, that Japan's status as technological leader is the result of historical processes over centuries. This landmark book is the first general English-language history of technology in modern Japan. Impressive for its scope and insight, the book also considers the social costs of rapid technological change. It will be read not only by people interested in modern and premodern Japan, but by those who wish to learn from the \"Japanese phenomenon.\""This landmark book is the first general English-language study of the history of technology in modern Japan. A survey of the major developments in Japanese technology and industrial policy, the book also reinterprets the processes of technological change in Japanese society. | The Technological Transformation of Japan, Paperback | Indigo Chapters