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 ix
... true not just of nineteenth - century but also of twentieth - century accounts . A few visitors from such " extra- European " countries as Canada and Australia have published their travel ac- counts of the nation , but we know little ...
... true not just of nineteenth - century but also of twentieth - century accounts . A few visitors from such " extra- European " countries as Canada and Australia have published their travel ac- counts of the nation , but we know little ...
Pàgina x
... true , is not a translation of a Japanese publication . It was written and published in English , and as the editor , John Van Sant , notes , it has never been available in Japanese . Even so , it would be safe to assume that Mori must ...
... true , is not a translation of a Japanese publication . It was written and published in English , and as the editor , John Van Sant , notes , it has never been available in Japanese . Even so , it would be safe to assume that Mori must ...
Pàgina xxv
... true during the first decade of the Meiji era . Mori reflected this spirit in his " Preliminary Note " to Life and Resources in America : The knowledge furnished by all the better qualified minds of the world is a pow- erful element ...
... true during the first decade of the Meiji era . Mori reflected this spirit in his " Preliminary Note " to Life and Resources in America : The knowledge furnished by all the better qualified minds of the world is a pow- erful element ...
Pàgina xxvii
... True Christianity may not be considered as identical with the gen- eral sense of civilization - in which the good and the bad participate — but true philosophy would seem to teach that it should be a leading element in such civilization ...
... True Christianity may not be considered as identical with the gen- eral sense of civilization - in which the good and the bad participate — but true philosophy would seem to teach that it should be a leading element in such civilization ...
Pàgina 3
... true that the best thinkers in America deplore the fact that the machinations of the politicians have resulted in placing the United States in an unfortunate condition in this respect . It has been so profitable with de- signing and ...
... true that the best thinkers in America deplore the fact that the machinations of the politicians have resulted in placing the United States in an unfortunate condition in this respect . It has been so profitable with de- signing and ...
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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