Download or read book The Formation of Science in Japan written by James R. Bartholomew and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bartholomew (history, Ohio State), focusing on the years 1868-1921, shows how the cultural background of Japanese feudalism combined with selective borrowing of American and European achievements to create a tradition of domestic scientific research. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR