Culture and Technology in Modern Japan

. Ed(s): Inkster, Ian; Satofuka, Fumihiko

ISBN 10: 1860643256 / ISBN 13: 9781860643255

Published by I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd, 2000

About this Item

The contributors seek to explain the success of Japan as an economic superpower by looking at the issues of culture and technology while making comparisons with the experiences of the USA, the UK and Europe as a whole. The relationship between culture and technology are examined and include the relationship between company culture and structure. Editor(s): Inkster, Ian; Satofuka, Fumihiko. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC; KCZ; KNTX; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390. . 2000. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Culture and Technology in Modern Japan
• Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1860643256
• ISBN 13: 9781860643255
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The rise of Japan as an economic superpower is a remarkable episode in the history of the modern world. This book seeks to explain this phenomenal success by looking at the issues of culture and technology, and making comparison with the experience of the USA, the UK, and Europe as a whole. The relationship between culture and technology lies at the heart of the undoubted market success of Japan, and the development of high technology and the much-lauded "cultural" attributes of Japan have contributed powerfully to national success. These vital issues are examined in detail and include, for example, the relationship between company "culture" and "structure", and the overriding impact of Japanese "national" culture. National cultures in Japan and the West are compared with the consequent effect on entrepreneurial and technological progress.

About the Author

Ian Inkster is Research Professor of International History at Nottingham Trent University. Fumihiko Satofuka is Professor at Sagami Women's University and currently Visiting Professor at Gothenburg University.