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Contributions in Asian Studies: American Pioneers and the Japanese Frontier : American Experts in Nineteenth-Century Japan by Fumiko Fujita (1994, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-100313287880

ISBN-139780313287886

eBay Product ID (ePID)108520

Product Key Features

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameAmerican Pioneers and the Japanese Frontier : American Experts in Nineteenth-Century Japan

SubjectAsia / General, General, International Relations / General, World

Publication Year1994

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, History

AuthorFumiko Fujita

SeriesContributions in Asian Studies

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight16.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN93-039346

Dewey Edition20

Series Volume NumberVol. 4

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal331.6/273052/09034

Table Of ContentPreface Hokkaido and the United States Horace Capron: A Messenger of Western Civilization Benjamin Smith Lyman: A Disillusioned Helper Henry S. Munroe and Edwin Dun: Contrast in Commitment William Smith Clark and Young Professors The Japanese Response Conclusion: The Lesson of History Appendix Notes Selected Bibliography Index

SynopsisIn 1871-1882 fifty Americans, along with other foreign experts, were employed by the Japanese government to develop Japan's northern frontier, Hokkaido. Their work covered a wide scope of activities, from introducing Western agriculture and industry, constructing roads and a railroad, and surveying topography and mines, to establishing an agricultural college. While examining the overall undertaking, Professor Fujita specifically focuses on the prominent members who left copious private and public records. She thoroughly examines their ideas as well as their attitudes toward an alien culture. At the same time, she shows the Japanese responses to these experts and their alien culture. This is the first booklength examination of a development project that, in many ways, approaches some of the twentieth century undertakings in scope and complexity. As such, it will be of interest to students and scholars of inter-cultural relations, and Japanese and American nineteenth-century history.

LC Classification NumberHD8728