The Development of Railway Technology in East Asia in Comparative Perspective

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sawai, Minoru (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Studies in Economic History,
• Subjects: Japan > History.; World history.; Economic history.; Economics.; Economic History.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; History of Japan.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.