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Reischauer, Edwin Oldfather was born on October 15, 1910 in Tokyo, Japan. Son of August Karl and Helen (Oldfather) Reischauer.
(This text chronicles the evolution of premodern (early A....)
This text chronicles the evolution of premodern (early A.D. to 1850), modern (1850-1945), and postwar (1945-1989) Japanese civilization from imperial rule through the death of Emperor Hirohito. Professor Reischauer, a former U.S. ambassador to Japan, explores the roots and development of the military dictatorship that brought Japan into World War II, the dubious leadership of its emperor, and the effects of the postwar American occupation.
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323 pages. This third edition of Dr. Reischauer's book brings up-to-date his lucid and authoritative history of Japan, first published after World War II. From the origins of the Japanese people to the books present, Dr. Reischauer, a leading American scholar born in Tokyo, omits nothing esential to an explanation of the rise, fall, and resurrection of this Asiatic empire.
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With the two-thousand-year history of the Japanese experience as his foundation, Edwin O. Reischauer brings us an incomparable description of Japan today in all its complexity and uniqueness, both material and spiritual. His description and analysis present us with the paradox that is present-day Japan: thoroughly international, depending for its livelihood almost entirely on foreign trade, its products coveted everywhere--yet not entirely liked or trusted, still feared for its past military adventurism and for its current economic aggressiveness. Reischauer begins with the rich heritage of the island nation, identifying incidents and trends that have significantly affected Japan's modern development. Much of the geographic and historical material on Japan's earlier years is drawn from his renowned study The Japanese, but the present book deepens and broadens that earlier interpretation: our knowledge of Japan has increased enormously in the intervening decade and our attitudes have become more ambivalent, while Japan too has changed, often not so subtly. Moving to contemporary Japanese society, Reischauer explores both the constants in Japanese life and the aspects that are rapidly changing. In the section on government and politics he gives pithy descriptions of the formal workings of the various organs of government and the decision-making process, as well as the most contentious issues in Japanese life-pollution, nuclear power, organized labor-and the elusive matter of political style. In what will become classic statements on business management and organization, Reischauer sketches the early background of trade and commerce in Japan, contrasts the struggling prewar economy with today's assertive manufacturing, and brilliantly characterizes the remarkable postwar economic miracle of Japanese heavy industry, consumer product development, and money management. In a final section, "Japan and the World' he attempts to explain to skeptical Westerners that country's growing and painful dilemma between neutrality and alignment, between trade imbalance and "fair" practices, and the ever-vexing issue of that embodiment of Japanese specialness, a unique and difficult language that affects personal and national behavior.
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One of two texts which introduce East Asian history, both have been rewritten to take account of the changes in China since Mao's death, of Japan's economic success, and of the emergence of Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore as important political and economic powers. They aim to combine authoritative scholarship with comprehensive coverage and a succinct, readable style and are aimed at undergraduate students and the general reader. Japan is a land of modest geographic size, but it is one of the larger countries of the world by population and today is the world's economic powerhouse. Though in culture it is a daughter of ancient China, Japan has developed one of the most distinctive cultures in the world. This makes Japan a subject of great interest, but the unique course of Japanese history has made it of even greater significance. Despite its East Asian cultural origins, Japan evolved along a very different course to its neighbours; subsequently it became the only non-Western land to respond successfully to the challenge of superior Western technology in the nineteenth century and today it has become a leading nation of the so-called First World. As the only non-Western member of the this grouping of nations, Japan stands in a very special relationship to the other industrialised lands. Its success in negotiating this vast change and the great economic power this has produced are matters of importance to both groups of nations. Even more significant is the fact that Japan, in industriualising and in "modernising" its institutions, has preserved a sharp self-identity and a considerable part of its traditional, pre-modern culture, despite the tidal wave of Western influences that has inundated it in modern times. These survivals from its past civilization give Japan an unusual cultural richness and seem to contribute special strengths as well as difficulties to its handling of the problems of modern urban society. This revised edition gives special attention to Japan's economic success and the problems resulting from that success. "The authors have worked together on the study of East Asia for many years as part of a remarkable team at Harvard University. Edwin O. Reischauer was US Ambassador to Japan and is a leading western authority on Japan, while Albert M. Craig is Professor of History at Harvard.".
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The purpose of this book is to trace the growth and development of East Asian civilization-namely that of China, Japan, Korea and contiguous areas-from its beginnings in North China up to the first half of the 19th century. The text is an outgrowth of the author's collaboration uin a lecture course initiated at Harvard University bin 1939 and offered since 1947 under the auspices of the Harvard Program of General Education. A work of indisputable scholarship, it is thorough without sacrificing conceiseness ands is at the same time eminently readable. (copied from dust jacket flap of text)
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Reischauer, Edwin Oldfather was born on October 15, 1910 in Tokyo, Japan. Son of August Karl and Helen (Oldfather) Reischauer.
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1931; A.M., Harvard University, 1932; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1939; student, University Paris, 1933-1935.
Studies abroad on Harvard-Yenching Institute fellowship in, France, Japan, China, 1933-1938;
instructor, Harvard University, 1939-1942;
associate professor Far Eastern languages, Harvard University, 1946-1950;
professor, Harvard University, 1950-1961;
University professor, Harvard University, 1966-1981;
director, Harvard-Yenching Institute, 1956-1961. Senior research analyst Department State, summer 1941, War Department, 1942-1943. Chairman Japan-Korea Secretariat.
And special assistant to director Office of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of state, 1945-1946. Member Cultural Science Mission to, Japan, 1948-1949. United States ambassador to Japan, Tokyo, 1961-1966.
Chairman board of trustees Harvard-Yenching Institute, 1970-1983.
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(One of two texts which introduce East Asian history, both...)
(The purpose of this book is to trace the growth and devel...)
(The history of Asian civilization, its societies and cult...)
( With the two-thousand-year history of the Japanese exp...)
(This text chronicles the evolution of premodern (early A....)
(This text chronicles the evolution of premodern (early A....)
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(East Asia History)
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Served as lieutenant colonel Military Intelligence Service, War Department General Staff, 1943-1945. Member Association for Asian Studies (president 1955-1956), Japan Academy (honorary), Phi Betta Kappa.
Married Adrienne Danton, July 5, 1935. Children– Ann Heinemann, Robert Danton, Joan Simon. Married Haru Matsukata, January 6, 1956.