The Japanese nation : its land, its people and its life / / Inazo Nitobe
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| Autore: |
Nitobe Inazō <1862-1933., >
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| Titolo: |
The Japanese nation : its land, its people and its life / / Inazo Nitobe
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Kegan Paul Ltd., , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 952.031 |
| Soggetto topico: | National characteristics, Japanese |
| Soggetto geografico: | Japan |
| Japan Social life and customs | |
| Japan Foreign relations United States | |
| United States Foreign relations Japan | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
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| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 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, |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Japanese nation |
| ISBN: | 1-283-97036-8 |
| 0-203-04088-0 | |
| 1-136-21584-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910463430203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Kegan Paul Japan library (Unnumbered)