War, Peace, and Nonweapons Technology
The Japanese National Railways and Products of Defeat, 1880s-1950s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4919473 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Takashi Nishiyama (0000-0002-5276-7452, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 286-302 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tech.2007.0084 |
| OpenAlex | W2069712097 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
This article examines the impact of war and peace on common technologies of daily life, such as passenger rail cars in Japan from the 1880s to 1950s. It highlights the roles of two groups of actors in the transition from wooden cars to steel after the military defeat in 1945: ordinary railway passengers capitalizing on reconfigured power relationships in society, and former military engineers reconfiguring the engineering culture. The successful shift from wood to steel in the Japanese National Railways provides a case study of how and why nonweapons technology could become adaptable, accommodating, and innovative after war
Political science · Power (physics) · Chinese history and philosophy · Engineering · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Japanese History and Culture
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |