Birth of the Shinkansen
Language: en
Pages: 314
Authors: Tetsuo Shimomae
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-05-30 - Publisher: Springer Nature

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This book discusses the Shinkansen, the world's first high-speed railway, which was born in Japan in 1964 and how it has developed up to the present day. In the
The Transportation Experience
Language: en
Pages: 634
Authors: William L. Garrison
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02-07 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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The Transportation Experience explores the historical evolution of transportation modes and technologies. The book traces how systems are innovated, planned and
Shinkansen
Language: en
Pages: 372
Authors: Christopher Hood
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-04-18 - Publisher: Routledge

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The image of the shinkansen – or ‘bullet train’ – passing Mount Fuji is one of the most renowned images of modern Japan. Yet, despite its international
Transport Revolutions
Language: en
Pages: 374
Authors: Richard Gilbert
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-16 - Publisher: Routledge

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Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight without Oil sets out the challenges to our growing dependence on transport fuelled by low-priced oil. These cha
Japan: A Documentary History: Vol 2: The Late Tokugawa Period to the Present
Language: en
Pages: 417
Authors: David J. Lu
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-03-04 - Publisher: Routledge

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An updated edition of David Lu's acclaimed "Sources of Japanese History", this two volume book presents in a student-friendly format original Japanese documents