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02854aam a2200445Ii 4500 001 3190C0CCC43111EB854196005EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210603010026 008 210419s2021 ja abc b 000 0beng 010 $a 2020436504 020 $a 4866581832 020 $a 9784866581835 024 30 $a 1920031024006 035 $a (OCoLC)1246542824 040 $a VVC $b eng $e rda $c VVC $d VVC $d OCLCO $d PSC $d DLC $d OWS $d OCLCF $d KMS $d TXI $d OCLCO $d OWU $d IWA $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h jpn 043 $a a-ja--- 050 4 $a DS884 G6 K5813 2021 100 1 $6 880-01 $a Kitaoka, Shin'ichi, $d 1948- $e author. 264 1 $a Tokyo : $b Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, $c 2021. 880 1 $6 100-01 $a å岡伸ä¸, $d 1948- 240 10 $6 880-02 $a GotoÌ Shinpei. $l English 880 10 $6 240-02 $a å¾è¤æ°å¹³. $l English 245 10 $a GotoÌ Shinpei, statesman of vision : $b research, public health, and development / $c Kitaoka Shinichi ; translated by Iain Arthy. 250 $a First English edition. 300 $a 215 pages : $b illustrations, maps, portraits ; $c 22 cm 505 0 $a Preface : Why remember GotoÌ as a foreign policy leader? -- Medical student and public health administrator -- Civilian governor of Taiwan -- President of the South Manchuria Railway -- Bureaucratic government and party politics -- World War I and Japan -- Lost opportunities. 520 $a "The Meiji era (1868-1912) produced numerous geniuses in Japan and one who certainly earns his name on the list is GotoÌ Shinpei. GotoÌ, who was a prominent figure in Japan's political scene, showed exceptional talent in various fields. Starting off his career as a physician, he became a leading figure in public health and successfully organized a massive quarantine in 1895 for returning soldiers of the First Sino-Japanese War. Later, he was appointed as civilian governor of Taiwan and following this he became the first president of the South Manchuria Railway, showing ingenuity in colonial management which was remarkably different from that of Western countries. He built the basis of the Japanese railway system as director-general of the Railway Agency and as home minister presented a grand vision for urban planning immediately after the Great KantoÌ Earthquake of 1923"-- $c Back cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-213). 600 10 $6 880-03 $a GotoÌ, Shinpei, $d 1857-1929. 880 14 $6 600-03 $a å¾è¤æ°å¹³, $d 1857-1929. 650 0 $a Diplomats $z Japan $v Biography. 650 0 $a Cabinet officers $z Japan $v Biography. 651 0 $a Japan $x Politics and government $y 1868-1912. 700 1 $a Arthy, Iain, $e translator. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117024924.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210707014638.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3190C0CCC43111EB854196005EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search