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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Shannon, Anne Park
Titre(s) : Finding Japan [Texte imprimé] : early Canadian encounters with Asia / Anne Shannon ; [edited by Lana Okerlund]
Publication : Vancouver : Heritage, cop. 2012
Description matérielle : 240 p., [16] p. de pl. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm
Comprend : Arriving (1848-1900). Inspired madness ; Those seductive treaty ports ; Missions and
mountains ; Ne geisha ; Highway to the East. ; Growing (1900-30). Myths and markets
; King's Japan ; Flaming passion ; The great quake and commerce ; Sir Herbert and
the legation. ; Struggling (1930-50). The dark valley ; War and reconciliation ;
Norman Sensei.
Note(s) : "Edited by Lana Okerlund"--T.p. verso. - Includes bibliographical references and index
"In contrast to the widely known experiences of Asian immigrants who came to Canada,
this book looks at movement in the opposite direction. Using text and images, it is
a collection of stories about how Canadians "found Japan," the first place they reached
when travelling westward across the Pacific. These connections began as early as 1848,
when the adventurous son of a Hudson's Bay Company trader tempted fate by smuggling
himself, disguised as a shipwrecked sailor, into the closed and exotic land of the
shoguns. He was followed by an intriguing cast of characters--missionaries, educators,
businessmen, social activists, political figures, diplomats, soldiers and occasional
misfits--who experienced a rapidly changing Japan as it underwent its remarkable transformation
from a largely feudal society to a modern state. Now, when the world is becoming more
Asia-centric, Finding Japan provides glimpses into an earlier era that challenged
conventional perceptions about Canadian connections across the Pacific."--Publisher's
website
Issued also in electronic format.
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Okerlund, Lana (1970-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Canadiens -- Japon -- Histoire
Civilisation -- Japon -- Influence occidentale
Canada -- Relations -- Japon
Japon -- Relations -- Canada
Japon -- 1868-....
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781927051559 (br.). - ISBN 192705155X
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42748262t
Notice n° :
FRBNF42748262
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