The Development of Railway Technology in East Asia in Comparative Perspective

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 developme...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Sawai, Minoru (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Σειρά:Studies in Economic History,
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Railway Engineers of the Japanese Empire and the Significance of Collaborative R & D Activities
  • Chapter 3: Diversification and Convergence: The Development of Locomotive Technology in Meiji Japan
  • Chapter 4: Railway Technology of South Manchurian Railways and Workers in China
  • Chapter 5: Innovation in Power Sources for Taiwan’s Railways in the Period of US Aid (1950-1965)
  • Chapter 6: A Comparison of Railway Nationalization Between Two Empires: Germany and Japan.