Constructing East Asia: Technology, Ideology, and Empire in Japan’s Wartime Era, 1931-1945

The conventional understanding of Japanese wartime ideology has for years been summed up by just a few words: anti-modern, spiritualist, and irrational. Yet such a cut-and-dried picture is not at all reflective of the principles that guided national policy from 1931–1945. Challenging the status quo, Constructing East Asia examines how Japanese intellectuals, bureaucrats, and engineers used technology as a system of power and mobilization―what historian Aaron Moore terms a "technological imaginary"―to rally people in Japan and its expanding empire. By analyzing how these different actors defined technology in public discourse, national policies, and large-scale infrastructure projects, Moore reveals wartime elites as far more calculated in thought and action than previous scholarship allows. Moreover, Moore positions the wartime origins of technology deployment as an essential part of the country's national policy and identity, upending another predominant narrative―namely, that technology did not play a modernizing role in Japan until the "economic miracle" of the postwar years.

Constructing East Asia: Technology, Ideology, and Empire in Japan's Wartime Era, 1931-1945

History

Moore, Aaron

Asia

Stanford University Press

Step-by-step instructions on how to make a: Try square, Bevel square, Marking gauge , Cutting gauge, Mortise gauge, Panel gauge, Mallet, Bow drill, Bow saw, Coping saw, Fret saw and Hack saw.

How to Make Twelve Woodworking Tools: A Handbook (Workshop Equipment Manual)

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Intermediate Technology Publications

The ability to make one's own tools is invaluable in developing countries for a number of reasons: First, the cost of western imports put them out of reach of all but a small proportion of practising carpenters. Second, it is the aim of all developing countries to become increasingly self-sufficient. If tools and equipment can be made using available expertise and materials, especially for vocational schools and colleges, much more 'hard currency' would be available for more essential development work.Third, a broken, shop-bought tool may be difficult to repair, spare parts are often unavailable, and the cost of replacement will definitely be more than the original price, due to inflation. There is no reason why a home-made tool should not wear as well, but if it does break, it can be repaired or replaced at little cost. Fourth, a craftsman who makes his own tools is more likely to look after them and take pride in his work. Fifty years ago it was common practice for carpenters in Europe to make their own tools. It is still done today in some eastern countries, and to a lesser extent in the west.

How to Make Planes, Cramps and Vices: Seven Woodworking Tools (Workshop Equipment Ser. ; No. 11)

Fields of Dreams and Broken Fences is written for the love of the game. Delving into the little-known world of non-league football, it takes you to various clubs at various levels of the National League System, from trying to survive at step five to battling to get back into the Football League, from Hashtag United to Notts County.

Field of Dreams and Broken Fences: Delving into the Mystery World of Non-League Football

Sports & Outdoors

Miscellaneous

Pitch Publishing Ltd

A Sprinkle of Magic: Non-League clubs in the FA Cup

Soccer

How to Make Carpentry Tools: An Illustrated Manual

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

ITDG Publishing

Low cost tools which can be made and repaired by carpenters using locally available materials make it possible for artisans to practice their trade without buying or replacing expensive imported equipment. The tool designs described deliberately reduce the metal component so that the tools can be made more easily by carpenters with no metalworking expertise.Squares, gauges, clamps and planes are among the tools whose construction is described and illustrated in detail in this book; tools which are equally suitable for use in large training institutions or in smaller workshops. There is useful guidance on maintenance and repair.This edition includes further modifications and improvements, additional repair techniques, as well as new tool designs. This is an invaluable addition to any workshop.

How to Make Carpentry Tools: An illustrated manual

Sithole, Musaemura

Crafts & Hobbies

Aaron A Super Saver Ninja Saves the Day

Children's Books

Crosslin, Dr Gloria

Activities, Crafts & Games

Independently published

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