From Samurai to Engineer-Manager - The Case Study of Ohara Junnosuke (1859–96), Mining Specialist in Meiji Japan

From Samurai to Engineer-Manager reconstructs the life and work of the Japanese mining engineer Ohara Junnosuke in the early decades of Japan’s industrialization.While Japan's political and socio-economic development during the Meiji period has been extensively researched, the technical foundations that were crucial to its success.