Download or read book Technology and the Culture of Progress in Meiji Japan written by David G. Wittner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-11-09 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction : Meiji modernization revisited -- Tradition and modernization -- Iron machines and brick buildings : the material culture of silk reeling -- Smelting for civilization : technical choice and the modernization of the Iron industry -- Bunmei kaika to gijutsu : technology's role in 'civilization and enlightenment' -- Conclusion : from technological determinism to techno-imperialism.