Gotō Shinpei, statesman of vision : research, public health, and development / Kitaoka Shinichi ; translated by Iain Arthy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kitaoka, Shin'ichi, 1948- author.

北岡伸一, 1948- author.

Contributor:

Arthy, Iain, translator.

Series:

Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)

Japan library

Standardized Title:

Gotō Shinpei. English

後藤新平. English http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2021101377

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Gotō, Shinpei, 1857-1929.

Gotō, Shinpei.

Diplomats--Japan--Biography.

Diplomats.

Japan.

Cabinet officers--Japan--Biography.

Cabinet officers.

Japan--Politics and government--1868-1912.

Politics and government.

Local Subjects:

Gotō, Shinpei, 1857-1929.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

215 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2021.

Summary:

"The Meiji era (1868-1912) produced numerous geniuses in Japan and one who certainly earns his name on the list is Gotō Shinpei. Gotō, who was a prominent figure in Japan's political scene, showed exceptional talent in various fields. Starting off his career as a physician, he became a leading figure in public health and successfully organized a massive quarantine in 1895 for returning soldiers of the First Sino-Japanese War. Later, he was appointed as civilian governor of Taiwan and following this he became the first president of the South Manchuria Railway, showing ingenuity in colonial management which was remarkably different from that of Western countries. He built the basis of the Japanese railway system as director-general of the Railway Agency and as home minister presented a grand vision for urban planning immediately after the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923"-- Back cover.

Contents:

Preface : Why remember Gotō as a foreign policy leader?

Medical student and public health administrator

Civilian governor of Taiwan

President of the South Manchuria Railway

Bureaucratic government and party politics

World War I and Japan

Lost opportunities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-213).

ISBN:

9784866581835

4866581832

OCLC:

1246542824

Publisher Number:

1920031024006