The Japanese nation : its land, its people and its life / Inazo Nitobe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nitobe, Inazō, 1862-1933, author.

Series:

Kegan Paul Japan library (Unnumbered)

Kegan Paul Japan library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Japanese.

Japan.

Japan--Social life and customs.

Japan--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Japan.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Kegan Paul Ltd., 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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, emphasizing points of similarity rather than difference, often citing the work of western historians and philosophers in order to explain Japanese practices,

Contents:

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 INTERCOURSE PRIOR TO THE ADVENT OF PERRY; XI.-THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN; XII.-AMERICAN INFLUENCE IN THE FAR EAST.

APPENDIX-PEACE OVER THE PACIFICINDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-21591-3

1-283-97036-8

0-203-04088-0

1-136-21584-0

9780203040881

OCLC:

826854715