 | The Japanese Experience in Technology (UNU, 1990, 282 pages) |
 |  | (introductory text...) |
| | Preface |
|  | Part 1. Overview |
| | 1. Development and technology in post-war Japan |
| | Japan in the world |
| | Economy and technology in post-war Japan |
| | Post-war recovery |
| | From recovery to rapid growth |
| | Technology transfer in post-war Japan |
| | 2. The Japanese experience: The problems and attempted solutions |
| | 1: Expectations from outside |
| | 2: Japan's response |
| | 3: Why do we begin with the Meiji restoration? |
| | 3. Theoretical summary: A preliminary examination and an interim conclusion |
| | Technology in theory - The five Ms |
| | Part 2. Case-studies |
| | 4. The importance of case-studies |
| | 5. Urban society and technology |
| | The city and technology |
| | The primate city |
| | The inhabitants of Tokyo |
| | Formation of the new middle class |
| | Urban life |
| | A provincial city case-study: Traditional technology in Kanazawa |
| | 6. Agricultural technology and development |
| | Development and agriculture |
| | The change in agricultural technology, from emphasis on land productivity to emphasis on labour productivity |
| | 7. Transfer and self-reliance in iron and steel technology |
| | Pre-conditions |
| | Failure and recovery of the Kamaishi ironworks |
| | Failure at the Yawata ironworks |
| | Technological independence and dependence on foreign raw materials |
| | Formation of a skilled labour force |
| | Iron manufacturing technology and weapons self-reliance |
| | 8. Transfer of mining technology and the birth of new technology |
| | Industrialization and mining technology |
| | New technology and reform of the system |
| | From importation to domestic production of mining machinery: Independence in the related sectors of technology |
| | 9. Traffic and transport technology-road, railway, and water-borne transportation |
| | Modernization and the railway |
| | The transportation network |
| | Issues in railway policy |
| | Original design and production by imitation - The road to self-reliance |
| | The role of foreign engineers |
| | 10. Technology for the textile industry |
| | The textile industry's place in the history of Japanese technology |
| | The role of government |
| | How Japan was able to catch up with India - A subject for dialogue |
| | 11. The transformation of small-scale industry into modern indigenous industry |
| | Small-scale industries in development |
| | The village button industry |
| | The transformation of technology in the process of industrialization |
| | 12. Vocational education and development |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Japanese modernization and education - Take-off and fall |
| | Vocational education and the normal school system |
| | Late-comer investment in education |
| | On site training |
| | 13. The development of Japanese-style management |
| | The Japanese approach |
| | Economic nationalism |
| | The impotence of the political parties |
| | The transformation of the zaibatsu |
| | Japanese-style management today |
| | History of Japanese-style management |
| | Japanese-style management and managers of zaibatsu |
| | Zaibatsu managers and the reference group |
| | Local zaibatsu and new zaibatsu |
| | 14. Development of Japan's financial system |
| | Development and finance |
| | Exchange companies |
| | From a national bank to the bank of Japan |
| | 15. General trading companies: Their role in technology transfer and industrialization |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Origins and functions of general trading companies |
| | Is the general trading company peculiar to Japan? |
| | 16. Industry and economic policies - Politics and the economy in a new nation |
| | The effect of economic policies |
| | Two opposing lines, radical and conservative |
| | Local development |
| | 17. History of technology and technology policy |
| | Politics and modern science and technology |
| | Technology policy for development |
| | Addendum |
| | 18. Female labour and technology change |
| | Total household labour and the ''wife's domain'' |
| | Technological change and female labour |
| | Addendum |
| | 19. Industrial technology and pollution |
| | ''Development'' and the destruction of the environment |
| | The question of diagnosis |
| | The prototype of the present-day pollution problem |
| | Medical myths |
| | Part 3. Epilogue |
| | 20. Conclusion: A proposal for future research |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | The role of the state |
| | National consensus and basic human rights |
| | Formation of a national technology network |
| | Formation of native engineers |
| | Public management of technology |
| | Notes |
| | References |
| | Collaborators |
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