A Short History of Transport in Japan from Ancient Times to the Present - Paperback

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A Short History of Transport in Japan from Ancient Times to the Present is a unique study: the first by a Western scholar to place the long-term development of Japanese infrastructure alongside an analysis of its evolving political economy. Drawing from New Institutional Economics, Black offers an historically informed critique of contemporary planning using the example of Japan's historical institutions, their particular biases, and the power they have exerted over national and local transport, to identify how reformed institutional arrangements might develop more sustainable and equitable transport services. With chapters addressing each major form of transport, Black examines the predominant role of institutions and individuals - from seventeenth-century shoguns to post-war planners - in transforming Japan's maritime infrastructure, its roads and waterways, and its adoption of rail and air transport. Using a multidisciplinary, comparative, and chronological approach, the book consults a range of technical, cultural, and political sources to tease out these interactions between society and technology. This spirited new contribution to transport studies will attract readers interested in institutional power, the history of transport, and the development of future infrastructure, as well as those with a general interest in Japan.
  • | Author: John Andrew Black
  • | Publisher: Open Book Publishers
  • | Publication Date: Apr 08, 2022
  • | Number of Pages: 322 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Paperback
  • | ISBN-10: 180064356X
  • | ISBN-13: 9781800643567
Author:
John Andrew Black
Publisher:
Open Book Publishers
Publication Date:
Apr 08, 2022
Number of pages:
322 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
180064356X
ISBN-13:
9781800643567