Japanese Studies in Britain : : A Survey and History /

Japanese Studies in Britain : : A Survey and History / / ed. by Hugh Cortazzi, Peter Kornicki.

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This book takes an in-depth look at the study of Japan in contemporary Britain, highlighting the many strengths but also pointing out some weaknesses, while at the same time offering a valuable historical record of the origins and development of Japanese Studies in British universities and other ins...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
MitwirkendeR:
Astley, Ian,
Babb, James,
Bowring, Richard,
Bunt, Jonathan,
Cortazzi, Hugh,
Cummings, Alan,
Daniels, Gordon,
Finley, Joanne Smith,
Gerstle, Andrew,
Goddard, Gill,
Goodman, Roger,
Hendry, Joy,
Hoare, J. E.,
Hood, Christopher,
Hook, Glenn,
Hunter, Janet,
Ion, Hamish,
James, Jason,
Kaner, Simon,
Kornicki, Peter,
McEnally, Stephen,
Nish, Ian,
Noboru, Koyama,
Parker, Helen,
Rose, Caroline,
Rousmaniere, Nicole Coolidge,
Starr, Don,
Stockwin, Arthur,
Warren, David,
Watson, Polly,
Williams, Mark,
Yui, Ishikawa,
Zachmann, Urs Matthias,
HerausgeberIn:
Cortazzi, Hugh,
Kornicki, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2022]
©2016
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (348 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Contributors
  • List of Relevant Biographical Portraits
  • PART I History
  • 1 A Brief History of Japanese Studies in Britain – from the 1860s to the Twenty-first Century
  • 2 British Missionaries and Japanese Studies in Pre-war Japan
  • 3 British Consular and Military Officers in Japan Before 1941
  • PART II Japanese Studies at Universities
  • 4 Cambridge University
  • 5 Japanese Library Collections: Cambridge and Elsewhere
  • 6 Cardiff University
  • 7 Durham University
  • 8 University of East Anglia
  • 9 University of Edinburgh
  • 10 University of Leeds
  • 11 London School of Economics
  • 12 Manchester University
  • 13 University of Newcastle
  • 14 Oxford University
  • 15 Oxford Brookes
  • 16 Sheffield University
  • 17 SOAS, University of London
  • 18 The White Rose East Asia Centre: Collaboration in Japanese Studies Between the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield
  • 19 Japanese Studies at Other Universities in Britain
  • PART III Foundations and Other Organizations
  • 20 The British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS)
  • 21 The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation and Japanese Studies in UK Universities
  • 22 The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation: Japanese Studies Funding and Policy, 1985–2016
  • 23 The Japan Foundation’s Support for Japanese Studies in Britain
  • 24 The Japan Society and Japanese Studies in the UK
  • 25 Japanese Studies in the UK: The Role of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • 26 The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
  • 27 The Tanaka Fund and its Impact on Japanese Studies Library Collections in the UK through the JFEC and the JLG Cooperative Acquisitions Scheme
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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