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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/diversification-and-convergenc
 e-the-development-of-railway-technology-in-meiji-japan/
SUMMARY:Diversification and Convergence: The development of railway technol
 ogy in Meiji Japan
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored with the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies\
 n\nHeld via Zoom - registration required: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/
 register/tJwvf-ivrjMuGdweKAFELzEJ0aH9u3EbygRi\n\nThis talk offers a recons
 ideration of the process of Japan’s railway technology development durin
 g the Meiji period while focusing on the role of railway engineers and the
 ir technical imitation. Underlying Japan’s advancement from imitation to
  the original design was the formation of a cadre of Japanese engineers in
  both the government railway and private railway companies and the manufac
 turing know-how cultivated through the copying of a wide variety of model 
 locomotives. In the context of the first wave of globalization occurring a
 round the transition from the 19th to the 20th century\, the ability to fr
 eely choose from among the most advanced railway materials offered by the 
 UK\, US\, and Germany contributed to the diversification of technology and
  the concomitant accumulation of experience. It was the convergence of thi
 s technology and know-how that bore fruit in the development of original t
 echnology in Japan. As a result\, globalization and intense global competi
 tion supported technological development in Meiji Japan.
CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks
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