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The White Plum : a Biography of Ume Tsuda, Pioneer of Women's Higher Education in Japan /

At the age of six, Ume Tsuda (1864-1929), the daughter of a progressive samurai, was sent on a mission by the Japanese government with four other girls to the United States. Their noble task was to first educate themselves in modern ways and Western learning, and then return to bring that gift to th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Furuki, Yoshiko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Seedling
  • 2. A Sapling On Foreign Soil
  • 3. A Transplanted Tree
  • 4. A Different Species
  • 5. Among Cherry Trees
  • 6. Still Growing
  • 7. Ground to Share
  • 8. The Plum Orchard
  • 9. "Storm Last Night"
  • Epilogue: All Those Blossoms A Letter To Miss Tsuda
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index