Engineering war and peace in modern Japan, 1868-1964 [electronic resource] / Takashi Nishiyama.
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TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN: - 9781421412672
- 1421412675
- Railroads -- Design and construction -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
- Railroad engineering -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Engineering and construction
- Military engineering -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
- Military engineering -- Japan -- History -- 19th century
- 358/.22095209041 23
- UG105 .N57 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : technology and culture, war and peace -- Designing engineering education for war, 1868-1942 -- Navy engineers and the air war, 1919-1942 -- Engineers for the kamikaze air war, 1943-1945 -- Integrating wartime experience in postwar Japan, 1945-1952 -- Former military engineers in in the postwar Japanese national railways, 1945-1955 -- Opposition movements of former military engineers in the postwar railway industry, 1945-1957 -- Former military engineers and the development of the shinkansen, 1957-1964 -- Conclusion : legacy of war and defeat.
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