Technology and Industrial Growth in Pre-War Japan

The Mitsubishi-Nagasaki Shipyard 1884-1934

Yukiko Fukasaku

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2005
• Print ISBN:
  9780415065528
• eBook ISBN:
  9781134964000
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Economic History
• Index: History

This book aims to discredit the myth that has the `unique cultural traits' of the Japanese as the key to the country's success, arguing that the more realisable foundation of long-term investment in training and research is responsible. The book looks at the development of Japan in the pre-War period. Yukiko Fukusaku sees the achievements of this period as central to the present competitiveness of the country's industrial technology. She uses the Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard as a case study, looking at technological innovation and training as the keys to long-term stability and economic success. The book has implications for industrial development worldwide. Japan's starting point over a century ago was similar to the present conditions of many developing countries and the book's emphasis on the acquisition of better skills as a key to development is as relevant to Europe and America as it is to the Third World.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Figures and tables
• Foreword
• General Editor’s preface
• Preface
• List of abbreviations
• 1 Technology and Industrial Development—An Introduction
• 2 Setting the Stage—Industrialization, Shipbuilding Industry and the Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
• 3 Technology Imports at Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
• 4 Education and Training at Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
• 5 Research and Inventive Activities at Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
• 6 Indigenous Technological Developments at Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
• 7 Technological Learning and Industrial Development—Conclusions and Policy Implications
• Appendix: Overseas missions from Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard 1896–1935
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index