1st Edition

Japanese Nation

By Nitobé Inazo Copyright 2006
356 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

This is an important document in the history of Japanese-American relations. In 2002, President Bush spoke of the great Japanese scholar and statesman Inazo Nitobe, who envisioned a future of friendship between the two nations. This book is one of the means by which Nitobe sought to bridge the Pacific. Writing before World War I, he presents a detailed account of Japan and the Japanese in terms... Read more
Chapter 1 THE EAST AND THE WEST; Chapter 2 THE LAND OR GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES IN THEIR RELATION TO THE INHABITANTS; Chapter 3 THE PAST IN ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO THE PRESENT; Chapter 4 RACE AND NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; Chapter 5 RELIGIOUS BELIEFS; Chapter 6 MORALS AND MORAL IDEALS; Chapter 7 EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS; Chapter 8 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; Chapter 9 JAPAN AS COLONISER; Chapter 10 AMERICAN-JAPANESE INTERCOURSE PRIOR TO THE ADVENT OF PERRY; Chapter 11 THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN; Chapter 12 AMERICAN INFLUENCE IN THE FAR EAST; Appendix PEACE OVER THE PACIFIC; Index;

Biography

Inazazo Nitobé