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Japanese studies in Britain : a survey and history / / edited by Hugh Cortazzi and Peter Kornicki [[electronic resource]]



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Titolo: Japanese studies in Britain : a survey and history / / edited by Hugh Cortazzi and Peter Kornicki [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Folkstone, Kent : , : Renaissance Books, , 2016
Edizione: Japan Society paperback edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxviii, 319 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina: 952
Soggetto topico: Japan-Study and teaching (Higher)-United States
EDUCATION / Higher
Soggetto geografico: Japan Study and teaching Great Britain
Soggetto non controllato: business
cardiff
edinburgh
government
newcastle
oxbridge
sisjac
soas
Persona (resp. second.): CortazziHugh
KornickiPeter F (Peter Francis)
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- List of Relevant Biographical Portraits -- PART I History -- 1 A Brief History of Japanese Studies in Britain – from the 1860s to the Twenty-first Century -- 2 British Missionaries and Japanese Studies in Pre-war Japan -- 3 British Consular and Military Officers in Japan Before 1941 -- PART II Japanese Studies at Universities -- 4 Cambridge University -- 5 Japanese Library Collections: Cambridge and Elsewhere -- 6 Cardiff University -- 7 Durham University -- 8 University of East Anglia -- 9 University of Edinburgh -- 10 University of Leeds -- 11 London School of Economics -- 12 Manchester University -- 13 University of Newcastle -- 14 Oxford University -- 15 Oxford Brookes -- 16 Sheffield University -- 17 SOAS, University of London -- 18 The White Rose East Asia Centre: Collaboration in Japanese Studies Between the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield -- 19 Japanese Studies at Other Universities in Britain -- PART III Foundations and Other Organizations -- 20 The British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS) -- 21 The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation and Japanese Studies in UK Universities -- 22 The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation: Japanese Studies Funding and Policy, 1985–2016 -- 23 The Japan Foundation’s Support for Japanese Studies in Britain -- 24 The Japan Society and Japanese Studies in the UK -- 25 Japanese Studies in the UK: The Role of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science -- 26 The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures -- 27 The Tanaka Fund and its Impact on Japanese Studies Library Collections in the UK through the JFEC and the JLG Cooperative Acquisitions Scheme -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: This book takes an in-depth look at the study of Japan in contemporary Britain, highlighting the many strengths but pointing out some weaknesses, while offering a valuable record of the origins and development of Japanese Studies in British universities and other institutions. It has essays by scholars from universities all over Britain.
Titolo autorizzato: Japanese studies in Britain  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-898823-59-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910807253903321
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