| Japan Rising: The Iwakura Embassy to the USA and Europe Contributor(s): Kunitake, Kume (Author), Tsuzuki, Chushichi (Editor), Young, R. Jules (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521513855 ISBN-13: 9780521513852 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: In 1871 Japan sent a delegation to the USA and Europe. This book is an abridged report of this journey. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Japan - Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy - History | Western Europe - General |
| Dewey: 914.042 |
| LCCN: 2009000066 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 9" (2.20 lbs) 558 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Germany - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1871 Japan sent a high-ranking delegation to the USA and Europe, to negotiate treaties and trading agreements and to investigate how it might modernise its political and economic institutions. Led by the Foreign Minister Prince Tomomi Iwakura, the 'embassy' of politicians, courtiers and officials travelled extensively around the USA for eight months, before spending a further year examining the British manufacturing industry, German armaments and French culture. The Iwakura Embassy helped change the course of Japanese history, for the official report of this journey, compiled by Prince Iwakura's personal secretary, the Confucian scholar Kunitake Kume, was to play a key role in Japan's transformation into a modern industrial nation. The report was translated into English in five large volumes in 2002. This carefully prepared abridgement makes it accessible to a wider range of scholars and students, and to all who are interested in the remarkable rise of modern Japan. |
