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Reed, James Eldin was born on March 13, 1945 in Walla Walla, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Eldin Wallace and Mary Ellen (White) Reed.
(At a telling moment in the development of American East A...)
At a telling moment in the development of American East Asia policy, the dream of a Christian China, made vivid by the utterances of returned missionaries, fired the imagination of the general public, influenced opinion leaders and policymakers, and furthered the Open Door doctrine. Missionary-inspired enthusiasm for China ran parallel to the different attitude of the American business community, which viewed Japan as the more appropriate focus of American interest in East Asia. During the five years here examined, the religious mentality proved stronger than the commercial mentality in influencing American policy toward the Chinese Republican Revolution and the Twenty-one Demands of 1915. Reed's treatment of the struggle between William Jennings Bryan and Robert Lansing over the Japanese demands in China is detailed and penetrating. This book builds on the work of Akira Iriye, Michael Hunt, Ernest May, and others in its analysis of cultural attitudes, business affairs, and the mindset of the foreign policy elites. Its thesis--that the Protestant missionary movement profoundly shaped the course of our historical relations with East Asia--will interest both specialists and general readers.
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Reed, James Eldin was born on March 13, 1945 in Walla Walla, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Eldin Wallace and Mary Ellen (White) Reed.
AB, Ripon College, 1967. AM, Harvard University, 1968. Message Telecommunications Service, Harvard University, 1971.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1976.
Teaching fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972-1977. Lecturer Boston College, 1973—1974. Director summer writing program Harvard University, 1977-1978.
Founder, president, chairman Addis & Reed Consultant, Inc., Boston, since 1977. Public American Red Cross Publications, 1995—1999. Senior research fellow Center on International Governance Innovation, 2004—2005.
President Massachusetts Fulbright Association, since 2008. Visiting scholar Harvard University, 1992-1994, 96-07, fellow, 2007-2009. Research associate North Pacific program Fletcher School Law and Diplomacy, Medford, Massachusetts, 1994-1996.
Vice president, president Association Management Consultant, Boston, 1985-1989. Founder, board directors National Council Public History, Washington, 1980-1983. Visiting professor, Fulbright Distinguished chair University Waterloo, 2004-2005, lecturer, University Tirana, Albania, 2007, Pakistan, 2010.
Participant international conferences. Consultant in field.
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Consultant House Agriculture Committee Washington, 1978, House Judiciary Committee, 1999-2000, invited witness Senate Judiciary Committee, 1990, Ontario Council on Graduate Studies, 1999-2000. Legislation director Asbestos Victims Campaign, Boston, 1987-1990. Member American History Association, Authors Guild, American Academy Religion, Harvard Faculty Club, Canada Institute International Affairs (president Boston branch since 1998), Fulbright Association (board directors Massachusetts chapter since 2006, president since 2008), Society for Historians of America Foreign Relations, Boston Athenaeum, Phi Beta Delta, Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Sigma Tau (Wisconsin).
Married Deborah Jane Addis, April 14, 1983.