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Book SynopsisBringing together the series of Brown and Haley lectures delivered in 1975 at the University of Puget Sound, this book is designed for anyone interested in the changing ideas the Japanese have had of themselves, the US and the Western world since the 1700s.
Trade Review"Hierarchy in Japan and its connection with Japanese images of the world have been written about many times before, but Jansen's judgment, his warm and conversational tone, and his artful skill at connecting individuals with historical trends render the story all the more intriguing... A nice synthesis and a sensible introduction to the subject of how the Japanese have sought to order the outside world in a way to find their place within it."--Michael W. Donnelly, Pacific Affairs "Jansen, one of the most prolific and stimulating western historians of Japan, has produced a remarkable, comprehensive but at the same time amazingly compact study of Japan's changing attitudes to the world."--Jean-Pierre Lehmann, History "No other Western scholar has written so extensively or so mastered the literature on aspects of this subject."--Kenneth B. Pyle, Journal of Asian Studies
Table of ContentsForewordList of IllustrationsPreface to the 1995 Paperback EditionIntroduction3IChallenges to the Confucian Order in the 1770's7IIWisdom Sought Throughout the World41IIIJapan's Search for Role in the Twentieth Century75Bibliographical Note117Index125
