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200 14$aThe Japanese nation $eits land, its people and its life /$fInazo Nitobe
210  1$aLondon :$cKegan Paul Ltd.,$d2006.
215   $a1 online resource (353 p.)
225 1 $aKegan Paul Japan library
300   $aIncludes index.
311   $a0-415-66620-1 
311   $a0-7103-1141-9 
327   $aCover; 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
327   $aAPPENDIX-PEACE OVER THE PACIFICINDEX
330   $aThis is an important document in the history of Japanese-American relations. In 2002, President Bush spoke of the great Japanese scholar and statesman Inazo Nitobe, who envisioned a future of friendship between the two nations. This book is one of the means by which Nitobe sought to bridge the Pacific. Writing before World War I, he presents a detailed account of Japan and the Japanese in terms easily understandable to western readers, emphasising points of similarity rather than difference, often citing the work of western historians and philosophers in order to explain Japanese practices,
410  0$aKegan Paul Japan library (Unnumbered)
606   $aNational characteristics, Japanese
607   $aJapan
607   $aJapan$xSocial life and customs
607   $aJapan$xForeign relations$zUnited States
607   $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zJapan
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aNational characteristics, Japanese.
676   $a952.031
700   $aNitobe$b Inazo?$f1862-1933.,$0639569
801  0$bFlBoTFG
801  1$bFlBoTFG
906   $aBOOK
912   $a9910463430203321
996   $aThe Japanese nation$92053715
997   $aUNINA