Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. VII (Hardcover, New)

This latest volume of leading figures in the history of Anglo-Japanese relations offers a classic menu of personalities, themes and events (in all 25 contributions). Contents include the writings of the Cambridge scholar Carmen Blacker and leading historian William Beasley; British military observer and "Times" reporter of the Russo-Japanese War General Sir Ian Hamilton; philosophers Arnold Toynbee, Bertrand Russell and George Bernard Shaw; the Chosu students Inoue Kaoru and Yamao Yozo who were later key figures in the Meiji period modernization of Japan; and Walter Dening, scholar and missionary. Subjects treated include horse breeding and horse-racing, the Japanese influence on British architects, the beginnings of golf in Japan and Japanese gardeners in Britain.

General

Imprint:	Global Oriental
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Britain and Japan, 7
Release date:	September 2010
First published:	2010
Volume editors:	Hugh Cortazzi
Dimensions:	235 x 150 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	666
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-906876-26-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Promotions
LSN:	1-906876-26-6
Barcode:	9781906876265

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