Technology and Industrial Growth in Pre-War Japan: The Mitsubishi-Nagasaki Shipyard 1884-1934 (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies)

Yukiko Fukasaku examines technological developments in pre-war Japan, and views the achievements of this period as central to the country's present industrial competitiveness. She places particular emphasis on the role played by training and research in the accumulation of technological capability and the assimilation of imported technology.

This study has important implications for industrial development worldwide. Japan's starting point over a century ago was similar to the present conditions of many developing countries, and the book's emphasis on the acquisition of better skills as a key to development worldwide is as important to the United States and Europe as it is to the Third World.