American Samurai : Captain L.L. Janes and Japan /
Notehelfer, Fred G.
American Samurai : Captain L.L. Janes and Japan / Fred G. Notehelfer. - Course Book - 1 online resource (410 p.) - Princeton Legacy Library ; 400 .
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. BOYHOOD IN THE OHIO HILLS -- CHAPTER II. LIFE AT WEST POINT -- CHAPTER III. WAR, LOVE, AND CONVERSION -- CHAPTER IV. OREGON AND CALIFORNIA -- CHAPTER V. INVITATION TO JAPAN -- CHAPTER VI. YOKOHAMA, EDO, AND KUMAMOTO -- CHAPTER VII. THE KUMAMOTO SCHOOL FOR WESTERN LEARNING -- CHAPTER VIII. YANKEE INGENUITY AND INITIATIVE -- CHAPTER IX. CHRISTIANITY -- CHAPTER X. THE YEARS OF CONTROVERSY -- CHAPTER XI. JAPAN AGAIN: KYOTO AND THE D0SHISHA LECTURES -- CHAPTER XII. THE FINAL YEARS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter
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The book reveals how a man on the way to being a misfit in the United States became the heroic American samurai." It discusses Janes as one of the few Westerners allowed to live in the interior and as the "father" of the Kumamoto Band, which became the dominant wing of Japanese Protestantism and a significant modernizing force.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781400854226
10.1515/9781400854226 doi
Christian biography--Japan.
Christian biography--United States.
Educators--Biography.--Japan
Kumamoto Band.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General.
1890s. A Summer Place. Abolitionism. Anti-Christian sentiment. Apathy. Apostasy. Charter Oath. Christian socialism. Christianity. Composite portrait. Confucianism. Confucius. Conversion to Christianity. Discourses (Meher Baba). Dunce. Elisha. Ernest Fenollosa. Feudalism. Filial piety. Fukuzawa Yukichi. Gathering Storm (advertisement). Heresy. His Family. His Favorite. Honor Thy Father (Queen of Swords). ICAN. Imperial Rescript on Education. Inception. Ivan Morris. Iwakura Mission. John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. Karl Barth. Kumamoto. Kyoto School. Lecture. Manifest destiny. Marius Jansen. Meiji Restoration. Missionary (LDS Church). Missionary. Muscular Christianity. Namamugi Incident. New Christian. Oppression. Patriotism. Persecution. Punitive expedition. Religion. Roger Bacon. Satsuma Rebellion. Scholasticism. Scurvy. Self-made man. Shimabara Rebellion. Shinto. Slavery. Society of Jesus. Superiority (short story). Susan Warner. Suspension of disbelief. Taoism. The Other Hand. To This Day. Unequal treaty. United States Naval Academy. V. War pension. Warfare. World to come. Young Samurai.
BR1317.J36 / N67 1985
266/.0092/4 B
American Samurai : Captain L.L. Janes and Japan / Fred G. Notehelfer. - Course Book - 1 online resource (410 p.) - Princeton Legacy Library ; 400 .
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. BOYHOOD IN THE OHIO HILLS -- CHAPTER II. LIFE AT WEST POINT -- CHAPTER III. WAR, LOVE, AND CONVERSION -- CHAPTER IV. OREGON AND CALIFORNIA -- CHAPTER V. INVITATION TO JAPAN -- CHAPTER VI. YOKOHAMA, EDO, AND KUMAMOTO -- CHAPTER VII. THE KUMAMOTO SCHOOL FOR WESTERN LEARNING -- CHAPTER VIII. YANKEE INGENUITY AND INITIATIVE -- CHAPTER IX. CHRISTIANITY -- CHAPTER X. THE YEARS OF CONTROVERSY -- CHAPTER XI. JAPAN AGAIN: KYOTO AND THE D0SHISHA LECTURES -- CHAPTER XII. THE FINAL YEARS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The book reveals how a man on the way to being a misfit in the United States became the heroic American samurai." It discusses Janes as one of the few Westerners allowed to live in the interior and as the "father" of the Kumamoto Band, which became the dominant wing of Japanese Protestantism and a significant modernizing force.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781400854226
10.1515/9781400854226 doi
Christian biography--Japan.
Christian biography--United States.
Educators--Biography.--Japan
Kumamoto Band.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General.
1890s. A Summer Place. Abolitionism. Anti-Christian sentiment. Apathy. Apostasy. Charter Oath. Christian socialism. Christianity. Composite portrait. Confucianism. Confucius. Conversion to Christianity. Discourses (Meher Baba). Dunce. Elisha. Ernest Fenollosa. Feudalism. Filial piety. Fukuzawa Yukichi. Gathering Storm (advertisement). Heresy. His Family. His Favorite. Honor Thy Father (Queen of Swords). ICAN. Imperial Rescript on Education. Inception. Ivan Morris. Iwakura Mission. John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. Karl Barth. Kumamoto. Kyoto School. Lecture. Manifest destiny. Marius Jansen. Meiji Restoration. Missionary (LDS Church). Missionary. Muscular Christianity. Namamugi Incident. New Christian. Oppression. Patriotism. Persecution. Punitive expedition. Religion. Roger Bacon. Satsuma Rebellion. Scholasticism. Scurvy. Self-made man. Shimabara Rebellion. Shinto. Slavery. Society of Jesus. Superiority (short story). Susan Warner. Suspension of disbelief. Taoism. The Other Hand. To This Day. Unequal treaty. United States Naval Academy. V. War pension. Warfare. World to come. Young Samurai.
BR1317.J36 / N67 1985
266/.0092/4 B