Tokutomi Soho, 1863-1957, a journalist for modern Japan / John D. Pierson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pierson, John D., 1937- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalists--Japan--Biography.

Journalists.

Japan--Politics and government--1868-.

Japan.

Tokutomi, Iichirō, 1863-1957.

Tokutomi, Iichirō.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1980]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tokutomi Soho was one of modern Japan's most prolific, most popular, and most influential journalists and social critics. Through a comprehensive and balanced biography of this important public figure, John Pierson examines the interaction of a man and his time.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction

CHAPTER I The Son of Kumamoto Gōshi

CHAPTER II Training in Western Studies and Christianity

CHAPTER III Study and Teaching in Kumamoto

CHAPTER IV Heiminshugi for Modern Japan

CHAPTER V The People's Friend

CHAPTER VI New Goals and New Principles for Modern Japan

CHAPTER VII Friend of the Oligarchs

CHAPTER VIII Prominence Regained

CHAPTER IX Autumnal Reflections

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [435]-446.

ISBN:

0-691-64328-8

0-691-61593-4

1-4008-5643-4

OCLC:

889254551