James L Huffman

A Yankee in Meiji Japan

The Crusading Journalist Edward H. House

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This unique book portrays the evolution of Meiji Japan through the life of crusading journalist Edward H. House (1836-1901). In chapters that alternate between history and biography, James Huffman, shows how one man bridged continents--shaping American at

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 153mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780742526204
• ISBN-10: 0742526208
• Artikelnr.: 21983769

Autorenporträt

James L. Huffman is H. Orth Hirt Professor of History at Wittenberg University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 1 Incident in Yokohama Harbor Chapter 2 2 The Prodigy: 1836
1870 Chapter 3 3 Japan to 1870: Dizzying Change Chapter 4 4 The Newcomer: 1870
1873 Chapter 5 5 Japan, 1870
1875: Consolidating Power Chapter 6 6 Writing for Japan: 1873
1876 Chapter 7 7 Japan, 1876
1881: Growing Pains Chapter 8 8 The Tokio Times
"That Naughty Yankee Boy": 1877
1880 Chapter 9 9 Japan, 1881
1885: The Outsiders Chapter 10 10 A Change in Course: 1880
1885 Chapter 11 11 Japan, 1885
1892: Imperial Constitutionalism Chapter 12 12 Interesting Times: 1886
1892 Chapter 13 13 Japan, 1893
1901: Modernity
And All That Meant Chapter 14 14 Evening Years: 1892
1901 Chapter 15 15 Epilogue