9780415433754 - technology and the culture of progress in meiji japan (routledge/asian studies association of australia (asaa) east asian, 10, band 10) von wittner, david g. (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. Examines the technological change and the beliefs that were the engines of change in the nineteenth century iron and silk reeling industries. By situating Meiji Japan firmly within the Victorian world, this work demonstrates that Japanese officials believed in a civilizational hierarchy based on technological super…