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Author:
Packard, George R.
Title:
Edwin O. Reischauer and the American discovery of Japan / George R. Packard.
Publisher:
Columbia University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
xv, 351 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Reischauer, Edwin O.--(Edwin Oldfather),--1910-1990.
Japanologists--United States--Biography.
Scholars--United States--Biography.
Ambassadors--United States--Biography.
Japan--Relations--United States.
United States--Relations--Japan.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Born in Japan -- Japan, "the dark side of the moon" -- On the trail of Ennin -- The scholar at war -- A time of large ideas -- A family tragedy and a new start -- A time to "put up or shut up!" -- One shining moment -- A darkening sky -- A hard landing -- Nearing the river's mouth -- Epilogue.
ISBN:
0231512775 (ebook)
9780231512770 (ebook)
0231143540 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231143547 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)440562878
LCCN:
2009038015
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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