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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... University Sin'ichi Kitaoka , Tokyo University Sharon Minichiello , University of Hawaii Masato Miyachi , Tokyo University T. J. Pempel , University of California , Berkeley Merry White , Boston University Titles in the Series Jews in ...
... University Sin'ichi Kitaoka , Tokyo University Sharon Minichiello , University of Hawaii Masato Miyachi , Tokyo University T. J. Pempel , University of California , Berkeley Merry White , Boston University Titles in the Series Jews in ...
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... University 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 ) ...
... University 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 ) ...
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... University College of London for more than one year and spent some time traveling on the European continent . Mori spent some of his time in St. Petersburg , where he learned of Orthodox Christian- ity and of Peter the Great , who had ...
... University College of London for more than one year and spent some time traveling on the European continent . Mori spent some of his time in St. Petersburg , where he learned of Orthodox Christian- ity and of Peter the Great , who had ...
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... university interlibrary loan service . There- fore , a major purpose for the publication of this new edition of Life and Re- sources in America is to make this little - known , yet intriguing , document on American social , cultural ...
... university interlibrary loan service . There- fore , a major purpose for the publication of this new edition of Life and Re- sources in America is to make this little - known , yet intriguing , document on American social , cultural ...
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... University in Kyoto and become one of Japan's most renowned Christian ministers.40 In an attempt to minimize the fears , prejudices , and political concerns that many of his fellow Japanese had of the apparent relationship between the ...
... University in Kyoto and become one of Japan's most renowned Christian ministers.40 In an attempt to minimize the fears , prejudices , and political concerns that many of his fellow Japanese had of the apparent relationship between the ...
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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