The Allied Occupation and Japan's Economic Miracle: Building the Foundations of Japanese Science and Technology 1945-52

by Bowen C. Dees

Overview

There is virtually nothing - until the arrival of this study - addressing the significance of the enormous contributions in science and technology towards the realization of Japan's 'economic miracle' during the occupation period. Describes the Scientific and Technical Division of McArthur's GHQ.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138966499
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/21/2016
Series:	Japan Library
Pages:	410
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bowen C. Dees

Table of Contents

1: Japanese Science and Technology Before 1945; 2: Scientific Investigations and Initial Controls; 3: First Steps; 4: Down to Work; 5: Atomic Energy Controls; 6: The First Full Year of the Occupation; 7: Dual Bureaucracies at Work: The Riken Story; 8: Striving for Democracy in Science; 9: The Two National Academy Missions; 10: Controls versus Assistance; 11: Standards and Quality Control; 12: Technology and the Economy; 13: The End of the Story; 14: Five Decades Later