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Science, Technology, and Medicine in the Modern Japanese Empire (Paperback)
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Science, Technology, and Medicine in the Modern Japanese Empire (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
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Science, technology, and medicine all contributed to the emerging
modern Japanese empire and conditioned key elements of post-war
development. As the only emerging non-Western country that was a
colonial power in its own right, Japan utilized these fields not
only to define itself as racially different from other Asian
countries and thus justify its imperialist activities, but also to
position itself within the civilized and enlightened world with the
advantages of modern science, technologies, and medicine. This book
explores the ways in which scientists, engineers and physicians
worked directly and indirectly to support the creation of a new
Japanese empire, focussing on the eve of World War I and linking
their efforts to later post-war developments. By claiming status as
a modern, internationally-engaged country, the Japanese government
was faced with having to control pathogens that might otherwise not
have threatened the nation. Through the use of traditional and
innovative techniques, this volume shows how the government was
able to fulfil the state's responsibility to protect society to
varying degrees. The contributors push the field of the history of
science, technology and medicine in Japan in new directions,
raising questions about the definitions of diseases, the false
starts in advancing knowledge, and highlighting the very human
nature of fields which, on the surface, seem to non-specialists to
be highly rational. Challenging older interpretative tendencies,
this book highlights the vigour of the field and the potential for
future development. Therefore, it will be of huge interest to
students and scholars of Japanese history, Asian history, the
history of science and technology and the history of medicine.
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