A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan: 1945-1952: The Occupation Period

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In 1983, Nakayama begin work on the "Japanese Science and Technology" project, in which a team of over 50 experts was assembled to document the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology after WWII, including both its positive and negative aspects. With the 1999 completion of the seventh volume generated by the project, the team turned to making their work available to a broader, non-Japanese speaking audience; this involved not only translation of the language, but also adjustments to content to make ...
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In 1983, Nakayama begin work on the "Japanese Science and Technology" project, in which a team of over 50 experts was assembled to document the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology after WWII, including both its positive and negative aspects. With the 1999 completion of the seventh volume generated by the project, the team turned to making their work available to a broader, non-Japanese speaking audience; this involved not only translation of the language, but also adjustments to content to make the original Japanese-oriented contexts and inferences intelligible to a non-Japanese audience. In this first English-language edition, fourteen Japanese experts contribute 28 chapters examining General Headquarters (GHQ) and demilitarization policy; academic research and its system under the Occupation; the reorganization of industrial and social systems; and scientists and engineers in the postwar democracy. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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  • ISBN-13: 9781876843106
  • Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
  • Publication date: 9/1/2001
  • Series: Japanese Society Series
  • Pages: 700

Table of Contents

Preface to the English Edition ix
Preface 1
Introduction 23
Part I GHQ and Demilitarization Policy
1 The Scientific Intelligence Survey: The Compton Survey 59
2 Investigations of the Effects of the Atomic Bomb 73
3 Destruction of Cyclotrons 108
4 Demilitarization and the Peaceful Remobilization of Manpower 119
5 Military Research and its Conversion: Naval Radar Development 133
6 The Ishii Unit 146
7 Military Science and Technology in Peacetime 159
Part II Academic Research and its System Under the Occupation
8 The Role of Advisory Missions 179
9 The Reorganization of Research Structures 193
10 Science Engineering Education in Japanese Universities after World War II 206
11 The Science Council of Japan and the Scientific and Technical Administration Committee 224
12 The International Exchange of Scientific Information 237
13 Sending Scientists Overseas 249
14 The Scientific Community Post-Defeat 261
15 Research Funding in Occupied Japan 276
16 Reform of Medical Education 294
Part III The Reorganization of Industrial and Social Systems
17 The Reorganization of the Electric Power Industry 319
18 GHQ and Changes in the Postwar Telecommunications Structure 353
19 GHQ and the Patent System of Japan 368
20 GHQ's Public Health Policy: The Quarantine Program and the Influence of DDT 382
21 The Population Problem and the Birth Control Program During the Occupation 395
22 The Development of Japanese Style Quality Control 411
23 Industrial Safety 422
Part IV Scientists and Engineers in the Postwar Democracy
24 Reporting on the Atomic Bomb and the Press Code 437
25 The Association of Democratic Scientists (Minka) 470
26 Democratization Movements in the Scientific World and the 'Red Purge,' 482
27 The Mushrooming of Popular Science Magazines 516
28 Marxism and Postwar Science in Japan 533
Consolidated Bibliography 560
Appendix I Organization Chart: General Headquarters Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (GHQ, SCAP), Tokyo, Japan, 5 June 1948 603
Appendix II Staff Directory of GHQ/SCAP/Economic & Scientific Section/Science & Technical Division 604
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