By David G. Wittner
In this e-book David Wittner situates Japan’s Meiji period event of know-how move and commercial modernization in the realm of tradition, politics, and symbolism, analyzing how 19th century ideals in civilization and enlightenment inspired the method of technological selection.
Through case experiences of the iron and silk industries, Wittner argues that the Meiji government’s guideline used to be no longer easily financial improvement or offering a technical version for personal as is often claimed. collection of procedure was once in response to the facility of a technological artifact to import Western "civilization" to Japan: Meiji officers’ technological offerings have been firmly located inside perceptions of authority, modernity, and their various political agendas. Technological artifacts may be used as tools of political legitimization. by means of overdue the Meiji period, the previous icons of Western civilization have been remodeled into the symbols of jap business and army might.
A clean and fascinating re-assessment of eastern industrialization in the greater framework of the Meiji period, this ebook will attract students and scholars of technology, expertise, and society in addition to eastern heritage and culture.
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