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American Samurai : Captain L.L. Janes and Japan /

The book reveals how a man on the way to being a misfit in the United States became the heroic American samurai." It discusses Janes as one of the few Westerners allowed to live in the interior and as the "father" of the Kumamoto Band, which became the dominant wing of Japanese Protes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Notehelfer, F. G. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1985]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER I. BOYHOOD IN THE OHIO HILLS
  • CHAPTER II. LIFE AT WEST POINT
  • CHAPTER III. WAR, LOVE, AND CONVERSION
  • CHAPTER IV. OREGON AND CALIFORNIA
  • CHAPTER V. INVITATION TO JAPAN
  • CHAPTER VI. YOKOHAMA, EDO, AND KUMAMOTO
  • CHAPTER VII. THE KUMAMOTO SCHOOL FOR WESTERN LEARNING
  • CHAPTER VIII. YANKEE INGENUITY AND INITIATIVE
  • CHAPTER IX. CHRISTIANITY
  • CHAPTER X. THE YEARS OF CONTROVERSY
  • CHAPTER XI. JAPAN AGAIN: KYOTO AND THE D0SHISHA LECTURES
  • CHAPTER XII. THE FINAL YEARS
  • CONCLUSION
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • Backmatter.