Technological Development in China, India and Japan: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Erik Baark, Andrew Jamison (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 1986
Tongue: English
Leaves: 276
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
The Technology and Culture Problematique....Pages 1-34
The Reception of Western Technology in China and Japan....Pages 35-56
The High Technology Challenge and Policies in Japan and Sweden....Pages 57-85
Information Infrastructures in India and China....Pages 86-141
Technological Dynamism in India and Japan: The Case of Machine-Tool Manufacture....Pages 142-204
The Other Side of the Coin: The Cultural Critique of Technology in India and Japan....Pages 205-253
Back Matter....Pages 255-264

✦ Subjects

Sociology, general; Development Studies

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