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Science and the Building of a New Japan

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  1. Morris Low

    1. Johns Hopkins University, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Making of the Japanese Physicist

    • Morris Low
    Pages 1-15

  3. Mobilizing Science in World War II: Yoshio Nishina

    • Morris Low
    Pages 17-44

  4. The Impact of the Allied Occupation: Nishina and Nakasone

    • Morris Low
    Pages 45-71

  5. Physicists on the Left: Sakata and Taketani

    • Morris Low
    Pages 73-103

  6. The Politics of Pure Science: Yukawa and Tomonaga

    • Morris Low
    Pages 105-141

  7. Corporate Science: Sagane

    • Morris Low
    Pages 143-168

  8. Science on the International Stage: Hayakawa

    • Morris Low
    Pages 169-196

  9. Conclusion

    • Morris Low
    Pages 197-199

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 201-259
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About this book

This book highlights the importance of individuals in the shaping of postwar Japan by providing an historical account of how physicists constituted an influential elite. An history of science perspective provides insight into their role, helping us to understand the hybrid identity of Japanese scientists, and how they reinvented not only themselves, but also Japan. The book is special in that it uses the history of science to deal with issues relating to Japanese identity, and how it was transformed in the decades after Japan's defeat. It explores the lives and work of seven physicists, two of whom were Nobel prize winners. It makes use of little-known Occupation period documents, personal papers of physicists, and Japanese language source material.

Reviews

"In this new and compelling social and political history, Morris Low explores the self-fashioning of Japanese physicists, their engagement with Western science and their role in the modernization and post-war reconstruction of Japan. With authority and insight, Low guides us through the multi-layered institutional landscape of the physical sciences in twentieth century Japan in war and peace. His incisive analysis is a major contribution to the history of modern Japan, as well as to the history of twentieth century science."

- Dr. Jeff Hughes, Senior Lecturer in History of Science and Technology, University of Manchester, UK

"A worthy and important contribution to the field of science history." - Walter Grunden - ISIS

Authors and Affiliations

  • Johns Hopkins University, USA

    Morris Low

About the author

MORRIS LOW is Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies and Director of the Asian Studies Centre at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is co-author of Science, Technology and Society in Contemporary Japan (CUP, 1999) and co-editor of Asian Masculinities: The Meaning and Practice of Manhood in China and Japan (Routledge Curzon, 2003) and editor of a three-volume anthology Science, Technology and R&D in Japan (Routledge, 2001).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Science and the Building of a New Japan

  • Authors: Morris Low

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403976925

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Morris Low 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-6831-9Published: 22 August 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-53055-7Published: 22 August 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4039-7692-5Published: 05 August 2005

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 259

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Science, Asian History, Music, Regional and Cultural Studies, History of Japan

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