Building a Modern Japan : Science, Technology, and Medicine in the Meiji Era and Beyond /

In the late Nineteenth-century, the Japanese embarked on a program of westernization in the hope of building a strong and modern nation. Science, technology and medicine played an important part, showing European nations that Japan was a world power worthy of respect. It has been acknowledged that s...

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Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Low, Morris (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:	History. Asian History. History of Japan. History of Science. Music. Regional and Cultural Studies. Culture > Study and teaching. Asia > History. Japan > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book