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Science, technology and economic development—Japanese historical experience in context

Pages 545-563 | Received 01 Feb 1991, Published online: 18 Sep 2006

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  • Many historians of Japan might disagree with the ending of Rangaku around the 1820s–30s, or the idea of a qualitatively distinct phase thereafter. Our division is based on (a) a widening of Western science; (b) a widening of involved social groups; (c) an extension of the array of transfer mechanisms; (d) more effective applications of knowledge to production. For more details, see Inkster Transferred Development Chapter 3
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  • The material and argument of this section is taken from a larger work in preparation, Inkster Ian Patterns of Industrialisation and Models of Imperialism—An Approach with Special Reference to Meiji Japan Berliner Beiträge for This paper is a response to Duus, See footnote 52.
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  • See, however Inkster Ian Made in America but Lost to Japan: Science, Technology and Economic Performance in the Two Capitalist Superpowers Social Studies of Science 1991 February forthcoming
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