A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan: Volume 4: Transformation Period 1970-1979 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781876843465)

This study is the fourth and final volume of a comprehensive survey that documents the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology from post-war devastation to its rise as a global leader. A team of more than fifty Japanese experts labored for ten years to assemble unique materials into this monumental work of careful scholarship. The fourth volume deals with the decade from 1970 to 1979. It includes numerous tables and figures, has a bibliographic guide and notes at the end of each chapter, as well as a consolidated bibliography. An indispensable resource...Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals; two-year technical program students. - CHOICE on Volume 1

Author: Shigeru Nakayama
ISBN-10: 1876843462
ISBN-13: 9781876843465
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2006
Pages: 580
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.50lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.40w x 1.70d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 06/01/2007 pg. 3