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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Pàgina xxiii
... tion . " Yet , we can regard Mori Arinori as the primary author because he con- ceived and directed this project of compiling information and observations of American social , cultural , and political life . He made substantial contribu ...
... tion . " Yet , we can regard Mori Arinori as the primary author because he con- ceived and directed this project of compiling information and observations of American social , cultural , and political life . He made substantial contribu ...
Pàgina xxv
... tion in Japan . Mori Arinori was both a government official and a member of the bunmei kaika intelligentsia , and in Life and Resources in America the reader can observe Mori's interest in the national elements of a modern , in ...
... tion in Japan . Mori Arinori was both a government official and a member of the bunmei kaika intelligentsia , and in Life and Resources in America the reader can observe Mori's interest in the national elements of a modern , in ...
Pàgina xxviii
... tion minister had shown disrespect to the Shinto gods at the Grand Shrines of Ise during a visit more than a year earlier and Nishino was avenging this blas- phemy . Mori's tragic death was not the first time xxviii Introduction.
... tion minister had shown disrespect to the Shinto gods at the Grand Shrines of Ise during a visit more than a year earlier and Nishino was avenging this blas- phemy . Mori's tragic death was not the first time xxviii Introduction.
Pàgina xxx
... tion whenever called upon to do so . The nation - serving policies designed and adopted during his tenure as education minister ( 1885-1889 ) evolved into a reg- imented system that remained in force until the end of World War II . The ...
... tion whenever called upon to do so . The nation - serving policies designed and adopted during his tenure as education minister ( 1885-1889 ) evolved into a reg- imented system that remained in force until the end of World War II . The ...
Pàgina xxxi
... tion for students and teachers . Since the early 1870s , he consistently believed that religious beliefs were individual rights and not to be encouraged or en- forced or limited by the state . Nor is there any indication that he ...
... tion for students and teachers . Since the early 1870s , he consistently believed that religious beliefs were individual rights and not to be encouraged or en- forced or limited by the state . Nor is there any indication that he ...
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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