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UNINA9910807374503321 |
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Autore |
Nitobe InazoĢ <1862-1933., > |
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The Japanese nation : its land, its people and its life / / Inazo Nitobe |
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London : , : Kegan Paul Ltd., , 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-21591-3 |
1-283-97036-8 |
0-203-04088-0 |
1-136-21584-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (353 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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National characteristics, Japanese |
Japan |
Japan Social life and customs |
Japan Foreign relations United States |
United States Foreign relations Japan |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; THE JAPANESE NATION; Title Page; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; CHAPTER I.-THE EAST AND THE WEST; II.-THE LAND OR GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURESIN THEIR RELATION TO THE INHABITANTS; III.-THE PAST IN ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO THE PRESENT; IV.-RACE AND NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; CHAPTER V.-RELIGIOUS BELIEFS; VI.-MORALS AND MORAL IDEALS; VII.-EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS; VIII.-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; IX.-JAPAN AS COLONISER; X.-AMERICAN - JAPANESE INTERCOURSEPRIOR TO THE ADVENT OF PERRY; XI.-THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITEDSTATES AND JAPAN; XII.-AMERICAN INFLUENCE IN THE FAREAST |
APPENDIX-PEACE OVER THE PACIFICINDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is an important document in the history of Japanese-American relations. In 2002, President Bush spoke of the great Japanese scholar and statesman Inazo Nitobe, who envisioned a future of friendship between the two nations. This book is one of the means by which Nitobe sought to bridge the Pacific. Writing before World War I, he |
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