Book ID: CBB541712836

Engineering Asia: technology, colonial development, and the Cold War order (2018)

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Weaving together chapters on imperial Japan's wartime mobilization, Asia's first wave of postwar decolonization, and Cold War geopolitical conflict in the region, Engineering Asia seeks to demonstrate how Asia's present prosperity did not arise from a so-called 'economic miracle' but from the violent and dynamic events of the 20th century. The book argues that what continued to operate throughout these tumultuous eras were engineering networks of technology. Constructed at first for colonial development under Japan, these networks transformed into channels of overseas development aid that constituted the Cold War system in Asia. Through highlighting how these networks helped shape Asia's contemporary economic landscape, Engineering Asia challenges dominant narratives in Western scholarship of an 'economic miracle' in Japan and South Korea, and the 'Asian Tigers' of Southeast Asia. Students and scholars of East Asian studies, development studies, postcolonialism, Cold War studies and the history of technology and science will find this book immensely useful. (Publisher)

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Review Fabio Miranda (2020) Review of "Engineering Asia: technology, colonial development, and the Cold War order". Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society (pp. 149-160). unapi

Review Yulia Frumer (January 2020) Review of "Engineering Asia: technology, colonial development, and the Cold War order". Technology and Culture (pp. 333-336). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Lorenzo Delgado Gómez-Escalonilla
Tal Davidson
Alacevich, Michele
Andersen, Caspar
Bui, Keva X.
Reetta Humalajoki
Concepts
Cold War
Decolonization
Economic development
Colonialism
International relations
Technology
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
Places
Asia
United States
India
Africa
Timor Island
Indonesia
Institutions
Congress for Cultural Freedom
International Red Cross
World Bank
World Health Organization (WHO)
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
UNESCO
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