Edwin O. Reischauer and the American discovery of Japan / George R. Packard.

Edwin O. Reischauer and the American discovery of Japan /

In 1961, President Kennedy named Edwin O. Reischauer the U.S. Ambassador to Japan. Already deeply intimate with the country, Reischauer hoped to establish a more equal partnership with Japan, which had long been maligned in the American imagination. Reischauer pushed his fellow citizens to abandon c...

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Main Author: Packard, George R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Reischauer, Edwin O. > (Edwin Oldfather), > 1910-1990.
Japanologists > United States > Biography.
Scholars > United States > Biography.
Ambassadors > United States > Biography.
Japan > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Japan.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Edwin O. Reischauer and the American Discovery of Japan; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1Born in Japan; 2 Japan, "the Dark Side of the Moon"; 3 On the Trail of Ennin; 4 The Scholar at War; 5 A Time of Large Ideas; 6 A Family Tragedy and a New Start; 7 A Time to "Put Up or Shut Up!"; 8 One Shining Moment; 9 A Darkening Sky; 10 A Hard Landing; 11 Nearing the River's Mouth; Epilogue; Notes; Index.

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