Mori Arinori's Life and Resources in AmericaLexington Books, 2004 - 163 pàgines 'Mori notes, 'Where men think that they know everything, and boast of their superior wisdom, the presumption is that they have yet much to learn.' . . . [T]oday's readers, whether in the United States, in Japan, or elsewhere, who may think they already know so much about the subject, will find much of value in Life and Resources in America.' --Akira Iriye, Harvard University, from the foreword Mori Arinori's Life and Resources in America was written by the young, educated ex-samurai the Japanese government selected as its first diplomatic representative in the United States. Originally published in English in Washington, D.C., in 1871, this book sheds much light on the shape of an American society, government, and economy recovering from the Civil War. Like earlier philosopher-tourists such as Alexis de Tocqueville and Harriet Martineau, Mori understands the United States as a stage upon which an important experiment in democracy, pluralism, and liberalism is unfolding. Life and Resources in America is distinct for its view from the Reconstruction period and by a non-European observer. Historian John E. Van Sant has annotated and lightly edited this uniquely illuminating text, making it readily accessible to the contemporary audience it deserves. |
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... Press . 1996 ) . 2. Peter Duus , ed . . The Japanese Discovery of America ( Boston : Bedford Books , 1997 ) . 3. Kafu Nagai , American Stories , Mitsuko Iriye , trans . ( New York : Columbia Uni- versity Press , 2000 ) . Acknowledgments ...
... Press . 1996 ) . 2. Peter Duus , ed . . The Japanese Discovery of America ( Boston : Bedford Books , 1997 ) . 3. Kafu Nagai , American Stories , Mitsuko Iriye , trans . ( New York : Columbia Uni- versity Press , 2000 ) . Acknowledgments ...
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... Press , 1989 ) . 4. A series of regulations restricting contact between Japan and Western countries was adopted by the Tokugawa government in the 1630s . These regulations became collectively known as the sakoku ( " closed country ...
... Press , 1989 ) . 4. A series of regulations restricting contact between Japan and Western countries was adopted by the Tokugawa government in the 1630s . These regulations became collectively known as the sakoku ( " closed country ...
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... Press , 1979 ) . 9. Kunitake Kume , comp . . The Iwakura Embassy , 1871-73 , 5 vols . , Graham Healy and Chushichi Tzuzuki , eds . ( Richmond , Surrey . UK : The Japan Documents , Princeton University Press , 2002 ) . 10. Mori was born ...
... Press , 1979 ) . 9. Kunitake Kume , comp . . The Iwakura Embassy , 1871-73 , 5 vols . , Graham Healy and Chushichi Tzuzuki , eds . ( Richmond , Surrey . UK : The Japan Documents , Princeton University Press , 2002 ) . 10. Mori was born ...
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... Press , 2002 ) . 19. Takayoshi Kido , The Diary of Kido Takayoshi , Vol . 1 , trans . Sidney D. Brown and Akiko Hirota ( Tokyo : University of Tokyo Press , 1985 ) , 142 , 147 , 154 , 167 , and 181 . 20. Ibid . , 154 . 21. While ...
... Press , 2002 ) . 19. Takayoshi Kido , The Diary of Kido Takayoshi , Vol . 1 , trans . Sidney D. Brown and Akiko Hirota ( Tokyo : University of Tokyo Press , 1985 ) , 142 , 147 , 154 , 167 , and 181 . 20. Ibid . , 154 . 21. While ...
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... Press , 1976 ) . 33. Saigo also left the government because he wanted to lead an invasion of Ko- rea , which other government officials wisely rejected . Saigo's death in 1877 , suppos- edly by ritual suicide , has become the source of ...
... Press , 1976 ) . 33. Saigo also left the government because he wanted to lead an invasion of Ko- rea , which other government officials wisely rejected . Saigo's death in 1877 , suppos- edly by ritual suicide , has become the source of ...
Continguts
Official and Political Life | 5 |
Life among the Farmers and Planters | 15 |
Commercial Life and Developments | 31 |
Life among the Mechanics | 43 |
Religious Life and Institutions | 51 |
Life in the Factories | 69 |
Educational Life and Institutions | 81 |
Literary Artistic and Scientific Life | 93 |
Life in the Leading Cities | 119 |
Frontier Life and Developments | 129 |
Judicial Life | 135 |
Final Thoughts on America1 | 139 |
Religious Freedom in Japan | 141 |
The Religious Charter of the Empire of Dai Nippon | 149 |
Selected Bibliography | 151 |
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