Publisher's Synopsis
This study is the fourth and final volume of a comprehensive survey that documents the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology from post-war devastation to its rise as a global leader.
A team of more than fifty Japanese experts laboured for ten years to assemble unique materials into this monumental work of careful scholarship.
The fourth volume deals with the decade from 1970 to 1979. It includes numerous tables and figures, has a bibliographic guide and notes at the end of each chapter, as well as a consolidated bibliography.
