03092oam 2200649I 450 991046343020332120200520144314.01-283-97036-80-203-04088-01-136-21584-010.4324/9780203040881 (CKB)2670000000325007(EBL)1111336(OCoLC)826854715(SSID)ssj0000867012(PQKBManifestationID)11429648(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000867012(PQKBWorkID)10880227(PQKB)10578428(MiAaPQ)EBC1111336(Au-PeEL)EBL1111336(CaPaEBR)ebr10645878(CaONFJC)MIL428286(OCoLC)828736751(EXLCZ)99267000000032500720180706d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Japanese nation its land, its people and its life /Inazo NitobeLondon :Kegan Paul Ltd.,2006.1 online resource (353 p.)Kegan Paul Japan libraryIncludes index.0-415-66620-1 0-7103-1141-9 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 FAREASTAPPENDIX-PEACE OVER THE PACIFICINDEXThis 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 presents a detailed account of Japan and the Japanese in terms easily understandable to western readers, emphasising points of similarity rather than difference, often citing the work of western historians and philosophers in order to explain Japanese practices,Kegan Paul Japan library (Unnumbered)National characteristics, JapaneseJapanJapanSocial life and customsJapanForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsJapanElectronic books.National characteristics, Japanese.952.031Nitobe Inazō1862-1933.,639569FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910463430203321The Japanese nation2053715UNINA