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Rediscovering America: Japanese Perspectives on the American Century
Hasegawa K Duus P
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Description for Rediscovering America: Japanese Perspectives on the American Century
Paperback. Features essays and articles by Japanese visitors to the United States from many walks of life: writers and academics, bureaucrats and priests, politicians and journalists, businessmen, philanthropists, artists. Covering the period from 1878 to 1989, this title offers these visitors' perspectives on Americans and American society. Editor(s): Duus, Peter; Hasegawa, Kenji. Series: Twentieth-century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power S. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
In this extraordinary collection of writings, covering the period from 1878 to 1989, a wide range of Japanese visitors to the United States offer their vivid, and sometimes surprising perspectives on Americans and American society. Peter Duus and Kenji Hasegawa have selected essays and articles by Japanese from many walks of life: writers and academics, bureaucrats and priests, politicians and journalists, businessmen, philanthropists, artists. Their views often reflect power relations between America and Japan, particularly during the wartime and postwar periods, but all of them dealt with common themes - America's origins, its ethnic diversity, its social conformity, its peculiar ... Read more
In this extraordinary collection of writings, covering the period from 1878 to 1989, a wide range of Japanese visitors to the United States offer their vivid, and sometimes surprising perspectives on Americans and American society. Peter Duus and Kenji Hasegawa have selected essays and articles by Japanese from many walks of life: writers and academics, bureaucrats and priests, politicians and journalists, businessmen, philanthropists, artists. Their views often reflect power relations between America and Japan, particularly during the wartime and postwar periods, but all of them dealt with common themes - America's origins, its ethnic diversity, its social conformity, its peculiar ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
Twentieth-century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power S.
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520268456
SKU
V9780520268456
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About Hasegawa K Duus P
Peter Duus is Professor Emeritus of History at Stanford University. He is the author of The Japanese Discovery of America: A Brief History with Documents; The Japanese Wartime Empire; Modern Japan; and The Abacus and the Sword: The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895--1910 (UC Press). Kenji Hasegawa is Assistant Professor of History at Yokohama National University.
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