The Iwakura Mission to America and Europe: A New Assessment

ISBN-13: 9781873410844 / Miękka / 1998 / 224 str.

Ian Nish

Opis

Examines the top ministerial team sent in 1872 by the new Meiji government to the West in order to idenitify, classify and assess Western technology and culture, and to open a dialogue to review the so-called 'unequal treaties'.

Recenzje

'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

Spis treści

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).

O autorze

Ian Nish