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21 produkter
Times Past in Korea
An Illustrated Collection of Encounters, Customs and Daily Life Recorded by Foreign Visitors
Av Martin Uden
Häftad, 2011
770 kr
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In earlier times, for the Chinese, Korea was 'the country of courteous people from the east', and for westerners 'the land of the morning calm' or 'hermit kingdom'. In this fascinating collection of writings on times past in Korea the author helps to lift the veil on this once closed country, …
Military Intervention in Pre-War Japanese Politics
Admiral Kato Kanji and the 'Washington System'
Av Ian Gow
Häftad, 2012
901 kr
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This is a study of the impact of inter-war naval arms control policy-making on the domestic politics of Japan, especially the areas of civil-military, inter-military (Army/Navy) and especially intra-military (Navy) relations and on the professional and political career of one leading naval figure, …
Military Intervention in Pre-War Japanese Politics
Admiral Kato Kanji and the 'Washington System'
Av Ian Gow
Inbunden, 2004
2658 kr
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This is a study of the impact of inter-war naval arms control policy-making on the domestic politics of Japan, especially the areas of civil-military, inter-military (Army/Navy) and especially intra-military (Navy) relations and on the professional and political career of one leading naval figure, …
Britain and Japan
Biographical Portraits, Vol. IV
Häftad, 2016
770 kr
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The continuing success of this series, highly regarded by scholars and the general reader alike, has prompted The Japan Society to commission this fourth volume, devoted as before to the lives of key people, both British and Japanese, who have made significant contributions to the development of …
Building Japan 1868-1876
Häftad, 2016
839 kr
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Personal account of one of the Westerners who helped build modern Japan (see also study by Pedlar - also available from Curzon Press).
Adams The Pilot
Av William Corr
Häftad, 2016
839 kr
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This book charts the life and times of Captain William Adams who lived in the period of 1564 to 1620. Adam himself wrote little; his letters and logs, while vivid and valuable, would convey too little about the eventful years between 1600 and 1620 on their own. Other sources, such as thevarious …
Allied Occupation and Japan's Economic Miracle
Building the Foundations of Japanese Science and Technology 1945-52
Häftad, 2016
770 kr
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There is virtually nothing - until the arrival of this study - addressing the significance of the enormous contributions in science and technology towards the realization of Japan's 'economic miracle' during the occupation period. Describes the Scientific and Technical Division of McArthur's GHQ.
Japan's Early Experience of Contract Management in the Treaty Ports
Häftad, 2016
770 kr
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This is the first in-depth study of the early trial-and-error experiences of contracting between Japanese and western merchants trading in the Japanese Treaty Ports in the eighteen year period immediately following the opening of the ports in 1859. Fundamental to the equation were the inevitable …
Japan's Modern Theatre
A Century of Change and Continuity
Av Brian Powell
Häftad, 2016
770 kr
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This book endeavours to unravel the complicated skeins of Japanese theatre in the modern period and offers an appreciation of the richness of choice of presentational and representational theatre forms.Since the end of world War II there has been continuing but different conflict between the major …
Satsuma Students in Britain
Japan's Early Search for the essence of the West'
Häftad, 2015
770 kr
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In the spring of 1865, when Japan was in the grip of a major civil war, eighteen samurai and an interpreter risked their lives to embark secretly on a voyage to the unknown lands of the barbarian west. Their destination was Britain - at the hub of a vast empire. These were the Satsuma students, …
Building Japan 1868-1876
Inbunden, 1995
2578 kr
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Personal account of one of the Westerners who helped build modern Japan (see also study by Pedlar - also available from Curzon Press).
Japan's Modern Theatre
A Century of Change and Continuity
Av Brian Powell
Inbunden, 2002
2578 kr
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This book endeavours to unravel the complicated skeins of Japanese theatre in the modern period and offers an appreciation of the richness of choice of presentational and representational theatre forms.Since the end of world War II there has been continuing but different conflict between the major …
Adams The Pilot
Av William Corr
Inbunden, 1995
2658 kr
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This book charts the life and times of Captain William Adams who lived in the period of 1564 to 1620. Adam himself wrote little; his letters and logs, while vivid and valuable, would convey too little about the eventful years between 1600 and 1620 on their own. Other sources, such as thevarious …
Britain and Japan Vol II
Biographical Portraits
Av Ian Nish
Inbunden, 1997
2658 kr
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This second collection under the 'Biographical Portraits' title, incorporates a further 20 studies of key personalities, including Edmund Morel, pioneer railway builder in Meiji Japan, Alexander Shand, an important figure in the development of Japanese banking, Lafcadio Hearn, the great interpreter …
Allied Occupation and Japan's Economic Miracle
Building the Foundations of Japanese Science and Technology 1945-52
Inbunden, 1997
2578 kr
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There is virtually nothing - until the arrival of this study - addressing the significance of the enormous contributions in science and technology towards the realization of Japan's 'economic miracle' during the occupation period. Describes the Scientific and Technical Division of McArthur's GHQ.
Britain and Japan
Biographical Portraits, Vol. III
Av J E Hoare, J. E. Hoare
Inbunden, 1999
876 kr
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The success of the first two volumes in this series has prompted this third volume of 25 further protraits of key personalities, including Natsume Soseki, Thomas Blackiston, Ivan Morris, Admiral Saito and Ozaki Yukio.
Satsuma Students in Britain
Japan's Early Search for the essence of the West'
Inbunden, 2000
2578 kr
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In the spring of 1865, when Japan was in the grip of a major civil war, eighteen samurai and an interpreter risked their lives to embark secretly on a voyage to the unknown lands of the barbarian west. Their destination was Britain - at the hub of a vast empire. These were the Satsuma students, …
Times Past in Korea
An Illustrated Collection of Encounters, Customs and Daily Life Recorded by Foreign Visitors
Av Martin Uden
Inbunden, 2003
2578 kr
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In earlier times, for the Chinese, Korea was 'the country of courteous people from the east', and for westerners 'the land of the morning calm' or 'hermit kingdom'. In this fascinating collection of writings on times past in Korea the author helps to lift the veil on this once closed country, …
Japan's Early Experience of Contract Management in the Treaty Ports
Inbunden, 2003
3262 kr
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This is the first in-depth study of the early trial-and-error experiences of contracting between Japanese and western merchants trading in the Japanese Treaty Ports in the eighteen year period immediately following the opening of the ports in 1859. Fundamental to the equation were the inevitable …
Britain and Japan
Biographical Portraits, Vol. IV
Inbunden, 2002
2658 kr
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The continuing success of this series, highly regarded by scholars and the general reader alike, has prompted The Japan Society to commission this fourth volume, devoted as before to the lives of key people, both British and Japanese, who have made significant contributions to the development of …
Mitford's Japan
Memories and Recollections, 1866-1906
Häftad, 2002
660 kr
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As the preface to this new edition points out, Mitford (Algernon Bertram, the first Lord Redesdale) was a gifted writer whose descriptions of Japan, during the critical time of transition from a feudal to a modern state in the late nineteenth century, are a testimony to his narrative skills, …
