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

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Nagasaki during the Tokugawa period was truly Japan's window on the world, with its Chinese residences and Deshima island, where Western foreigners were confined. In 1785 Otsuki Gentaku (1757-1827) journeyed to Nagasaki to meet Dutch physicians and the Japanese who acted as their interpreters....

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Autor principal: Jackson, Terrence (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ōtsuki, Gentaku, > 1757-1827.
Physicians.
Intellectual life.
Civilization > Dutch influences.
EDUCATION > History.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
Physicians > Japan > Biography.
Japan.
Japon > Vie intellectuelle > 1600-1868.
Japan > Intellectual life > 1600-1868.
Japan > Civilization > Dutch influences.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the world of Dutch studies and an information revolution
  • Ōtsuki Gentaku : network facilitator
  • Creating community : the culture of salons
  • Bows and laughs : the civil egalitarianism of salons
  • Training/Reproducing the network : private academies
  • A national network : travel and correspondence
  • The network in action : book circulation and publication
  • Politicizing the network : civil society in the Meiji period
  • Conclusion : the historical significance of community.

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