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The making of the modern world : visions from the West and East / Alan Macfarlane.
LIBRA CB251 .M27 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Macfarlane, Alan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fukuzawa, Yukichi, 1835-1901.
- Maitland, Frederic William, 1850-1906.
- East and West.
- Civilization, Modern--1950-.
- Civilization, Modern.
- Philosophy, Modern--20th century.
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Maitland, Frederic William.
- Maitland, Frederic William, 1850-1906--Political and social views.
- Historians--Great Britain--Biography.
- Historians.
- Political and social views.
- Great Britain.
- Fukuzawa, Yukichi.
- Fukuzawa, Yukichi, 1835-1901--Political and social views.
- Philosophers--Japan--Biography.
- Philosophers.
- Japan.
- Civilization.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 318 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.
- Summary:
- How the modern World was made; an analysis of the ideas of F.W. Maitland and Yukicki Fukuzawa.
- Contents:
- Part I F.W. Maitland: The Nature and Origins of the Modern World
- Preface to a Study of F.W. Maitland 3
- 1. F.W. Maitland and the Making of the Modern World 5
- 2. The Legacy of Sir Henry Maine 15
- 3. Life, Work and Methods 24
- 4. Power and Property 45
- 5. Social Relations 59
- 6. The Divergence of Legal Systems 73
- 7. Fellowship and Trust 83
- 8. Maitland and Durkheim 108
- 9. Maitland Assessed 121
- Part II Yukichi Fukuzawa: The Nature and Effects of the Modern World
- Preface to a Study of Yukichi Fukuzawa 139
- 10. Yukichi Fukuzawa and the Making of the Modern World 142
- 11. Early Experience and Character 151
- 12. Travels and Comparisons 175
- 13. The Making of a New Japan 191
- 14. The Essence of the Modern World 210
- 15. Liberty, Equality and Human Relations 225
- Synthesis
- 16. The Making of the Modern World 249.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-300) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1939 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0333964462
- OCLC:
- 48177283
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