240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
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Routledge
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Driven by the need to identify, classify and assess western technology and culture together with a desire to advance a dialogue for reviewing the so-called 'unequal treaties' - the new Meiji government of 1868 despatched a top-level ministerial team to the west which, in 1872, arrived in the United States. In all, they spent 205 days in America, 122 days in Britain and two... Read more
Introduction 1 America 15 January–6 August 1872 2 Britain 17 August–16 December 1872 [1] Early Meiji Travel Encounters [2] The Mission’s Aims, Objectives & Results 3 France 16 December 1872–17 February 1873, 15–20 July 1873 4 Belgium 17–24 February 1873 5 Germany 7–28 March, 15–17 April, 1–8 May 1873 6 Russia 29 March–15 April 1873 7 Sweden 23–30 April 1873 8 Italy 9 May–2 June 1873 9 Engineering Education in Japan After the Iwakura Mission 10 The Social Whirl of ‘White’ Yokohama After Iwakura’s Return 11 Kume Kunitake as a Historiographer, The Iwakura Mission: Aftermath and Assessment. Appendix: Kume Museum of Art (Tokyo).
Biography
Ian Nish
'A valuable contribution to the history of Japan's foreign relations in the 19th century. This book should be read by anyone interested in modern Japan and its history.' - Hugh Cortazzi, Asian Affairs
