Mori Arinori's Life and Resources in AmericaLexington Books, 2004 - 163 страници 'Mori notes, 'Where men think that they know everything, and boast of their superior wisdom, the presumption is that they have yet much to learn.' . . . [T]oday's readers, whether in the United States, in Japan, or elsewhere, who may think they already know so much about the subject, will find much of value in Life and Resources in America.' --Akira Iriye, Harvard University, from the foreword Mori Arinori's Life and Resources in America was written by the young, educated ex-samurai the Japanese government selected as its first diplomatic representative in the United States. Originally published in English in Washington, D.C., in 1871, this book sheds much light on the shape of an American society, government, and economy recovering from the Civil War. Like earlier philosopher-tourists such as Alexis de Tocqueville and Harriet Martineau, Mori understands the United States as a stage upon which an important experiment in democracy, pluralism, and liberalism is unfolding. Life and Resources in America is distinct for its view from the Reconstruction period and by a non-European observer. Historian John E. Van Sant has annotated and lightly edited this uniquely illuminating text, making it readily accessible to the contemporary audience it deserves. |
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... less interesting , however , since its very organization and contents reflect Mori's view of what would be of value to Japanese readers , assuming that the volume would be read by his countrymen , in translation if not in the original ...
... less interesting , however , since its very organization and contents reflect Mori's view of what would be of value to Japanese readers , assuming that the volume would be read by his countrymen , in translation if not in the original ...
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... less than enthusiastic about the government's growing relationship with the barbarian West , Saigo Takamori , the influential military commander from Satsuma who routed Tokugawa forces in Edo in early 1868 and became one of the most ...
... less than enthusiastic about the government's growing relationship with the barbarian West , Saigo Takamori , the influential military commander from Satsuma who routed Tokugawa forces in Edo in early 1868 and became one of the most ...
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... Less than a century old as a political entity known as the United States , the country was still considered a " new " kind of country , one that had adopted many elements of the eighteenth - century European Enlightenment . It was a ...
... Less than a century old as a political entity known as the United States , the country was still considered a " new " kind of country , one that had adopted many elements of the eighteenth - century European Enlightenment . It was a ...
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... less than 2,000 . Of this great mass of immi- grants , it has been ascertained that a very large proportion have changed their circumstances for the better . With regard to the black race , who prior to the year 1860 were in a state of ...
... less than 2,000 . Of this great mass of immi- grants , it has been ascertained that a very large proportion have changed their circumstances for the better . With regard to the black race , who prior to the year 1860 were in a state of ...
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Official and Political Life | 5 |
Life among the Farmers and Planters | 15 |
Commercial Life and Developments | 31 |
Life among the Mechanics | 43 |
Religious Life and Institutions | 51 |
Life in the Factories | 69 |
Educational Life and Institutions | 81 |
Literary Artistic and Scientific Life | 93 |
Life in the Leading Cities | 119 |
Frontier Life and Developments | 129 |
Judicial Life | 135 |
Final Thoughts on America1 | 139 |
Religious Freedom in Japan | 141 |
The Religious Charter of the Empire of Dai Nippon | 149 |
Selected Bibliography | 151 |
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