Examines the technological change and the beliefs that were the engines ofchange in the nineteenth century iron and silk reeling industries. By situatingMeiji J... » 

Examines the technological change and the beliefs that were the engines ofchange in the nineteenth century iron and silk reeling industries. By situatingMeiji Japan firmly within the Victorian world this work demonstrates thatJapanese officials believed in a civilizational hierarchy based ontechnological superiority. «