Edwin O. Reischauer and the American discovery of Japan
By: George R. Packard.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780231143547; 9780231512770
Subjects: Reischauer, Edwin O. -- 1910-1990; Japanologists -- United States -- Biography; Scholars -- United States -- Biography; Ambassadors -- United States -- Biography; Japan -- Relations -- United States; United States -- Relations -- Japan
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Born in Japan; title: Japan, "the dark side of the moon"; title: On the trail of Ennin; title: The scholar at war; title: A time of large ideas; title: A family tragedy and a new start; title: A time to "put up or shut up!"; title: Shining moment; title: A darkening sky; title: A hard landing; title: Nearing the river's mouth; title: Epilogue.