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1 online resource |
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Studies in economic history |
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Studies in economic history (Singapore)
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| Contents |
Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction; Abstract; References; 2 Railway Engineers of the Japanese Empire and the Significance of Collaborative R & D Activities; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Engineers of the Ministry of Railways, South Manchuria Railway, and Colonial Government Railways; 2.2.1 Bureau of Manufacturing Within the Ministry of Railways; 2.2.2 JNR Research Institute of Railway Technology; 2.2.3 Manufacturing Division of South Manchuria Railway Company and Its Research Institute of Railway Technology; 2.2.4 Colonial Government Railways: Taiwan and Korea |
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2.3 Collaborative Research and Institutionalized Interactions Within Organizations2.3.1 Conference on Rolling Stock; 2.3.2 Technical Committee on Rolling Stock; 2.3.3 Study Group on Factory Practices; 2.4 Conclusion: Collaborative Research Project as a Measure for Technological Catching up; References; 3 Diversification and Convergence: The Development of Locomotive Technology in Meiji Japan; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Transfer of Technology; 3.3 Technological Independence and Diversification; 3.3.1 Technological Independence of the Imperial Government Railways |
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3.3.2 Acquisition of Locomotive Technology by Private Railways3.3.3 Diversification of Locomotives; 3.4 Convergence of Technology; 3.4.1 Starting Points for Standardization; 3.4.2 Nationalization and Convergence of Locomotive Technology; 3.5 Development of Original Japanese Technology; 3.5.1 Seeking Models for Domestic Production; 3.5.2 Toward Domestic Manufacture of Locomotives; 3.6 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 4 Railway Technology of South Manchuria Railway and Workers in China; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Establishment of the SMR and Introduction of New Technology |
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4.3 Technology Accumulation and Self-development4.4 Management of All Manchurian Railways and Technology Diffusion; 4.5 Wartime Type of Technology and Its Post-war Historical Limits; 4.6 Conclusion; References; 5 Innovation in Power Sources for Taiwan's Railways in the Period of US Aid (1950-1965); Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 US-Aid Operation and TRA Development; 5.2.1 Roles of American Consulting Companies and TRA American Advisors; 5.2.2 American and Japanese Railway Fact-Finding Delegation in 1953; 5.2.3 US Aid and TRA Development |
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5.3 The Partial Dieselization Policy and Its Forerunner Policies: Diesel-Powered Cars5.3.1 From the Argument Regarding Dieselization and Electrification to Partial Dieselization Policy; 5.3.2 Dieselization Harbinger-Diesel-Powered Cars; 5.4 The Innovation of Locomotives; 5.4.1 From Maintenance to Expansion; 5.4.2 Diesel-Powered Locomotive Procurement; 5.4.3 Power Source Innovation Synergy; 5.5 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 6 A Comparison of Railway Nationalization Between Two Empires: Germany and Japan; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction |
| Summary |
This is the first book to examine the process of railway development in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China from historical and comparative perspectives. Moreover, it discusses and compares the East Asian experiences of railway development with cases in Germany, which was a mainstay of railway development in Europe. After the opening of Japan in the mid-nineteenth century, the country achieved import substitution of locomotives in half a century. This book explores the social capability of Meiji Japan to overtake the advanced countries in railway technology. Parallel with the expansion of the Japanese empire, a large team of engineers constructed and operated the colonial government railways of Taiwan and Korea and the South Manchuria Railway. The book clearly outlines the education and training of these engineers. The management capabilities of the colonial railways and South Manchuria Railway were transferred to the postwar period, and such expertise supported the economic development of each country and region. These dramatic East Asian experiences of railway development are compared with European cases, mainly German railways |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Railroad engineering -- East Asia
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
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Railroad engineering
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East Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sawai, Minoru, 1953- editor.
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| ISBN |
9789811049040 |
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9811049041 |
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