The quest for civilization : : encounters with Dutch jurisprudence, political economy,and statistics at the dawn of modern Japan / / Okubo Takeharu ; translated by David Noble.
The Quest for Civilization illuminates the origins of modern Japan through the lens of its cultural contact with the Netherlands providing a rare contribution to the field in English-language literature. Following the “opening” of the country in the 1850's, Japan encountered Western modernity t...
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Global Oriental,, 2014. ©2014 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (309 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Ōkubo Takeharu
- Introduction / Ōkubo Takeharu
- The Dutch Constitution of 1848 and the Meiji Restoration / Ōkubo Takeharu
- The Rise of Statistical Thinking in Meiji Japan / Ōkubo Takeharu
- Dutch Political Economy and Nishi Amane’s Philosophical Encounter with Utilitarianism / Ōkubo Takeharu
- International Law and the Quest for Civilization / Ōkubo Takeharu
- Conclusion / Ōkubo Takeharu
- Bibliography / Ōkubo Takeharu
- Index / Ōkubo Takeharu.