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Network of Knowledge : Western Science and the Tokugawa Information Revolution /

Nagasaki during the Tokugawa (1603-1868) was truly Japan's window on the world with its Chinese residences and Deshima island, where Western foreigners, including representatives of the Dutch East India Company, were confined. In 1785 Ōtsuki Gentaku (1757-1827) journeyed from the capital to Nag...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jackson, Terrence (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction The World of Dutch Studies and an Information Revolution
  • Chapter One Ōtsuki Gentaku: Network Facilitator
  • Chapter Two Creating Community: The Culture of Early Modern Salons
  • Chapter Three Bows and Laughs: The Civil Egalitarianism of Salons
  • Chapter Four Training / Reproducing the Network: Private Academies
  • Chapter Five A National Network: Travel and Correspondence
  • Chapter Six The Network in Action: Book Circulation and Publication
  • Chapter Seven Politicizing the Network: Civil Society in the Meiji Period
  • Conclusion The Historical Significance of Community
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author