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020			_a0521652820 (alk. paper)
020			_a0521654254 (pbk. : alk. paper)
050	0	0	_aQ175.52.J3 _bL68 1999
100	1		_aLow, Morris. _eauthor
245	1	0	_aScience, technology and society in contemporary Japan / _cMorris Low
264			_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c1999
300			_axiii, 226 pages : _bmap ;
336			_2text _arda content _btx
337			_2unmediated _arda media _bn
338			_2volume _arda carrier _bnc
440		0	_aContemporary Japanese society
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aThe Japanese model of research and development. Basic versus applied research: the role of corporate laboratories and universities -- Cooperation versus competition: national projects and Japan's science cities -- Science and technology for economic growth. Quality versus quantity: quality control and the automobile industry -- Technology versus commercial feasibility: nuclear power and electric utilities -- Consumerism and development versus the environment -- The international dimension. Domestic development versus importation of technology: the aerospace industry and the FS-X/F-2 fighter plane controversy -- Domestic technology versus the export of technology -- Science and technology for the people? Information society versus controlled society -- Science, technology, and gender -- National interest versus local interests: civil aviation and the construction of Narita Airport -- The patient versus the doctor: changes made in medical care and attitudes to the body
650		0	_aScience _xSocial aspects
650		0	_aScience and state
650		0	_aTechnology and state
650		0	_aTechnology _xSocial aspects
700	1		_aNakayama, Shigeru, _d1928- _eauthor
700	1		_aYoshioka, Hitoshi, _d1953- _eauthor
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam0210/99035364.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam028/99035364.html
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