Chinese and the Japanese - Essays in Political and Cultural Interactions

Together these essays tell the story of how two highly self-conscious cultures, with long and proud traditions of their own, have defined themselves both with respect to one another and under the influence of the West.

Originally published in 1980.

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Edited by Akira Iriye

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Together these essays tell the story of how two highly self-conscious cultures, with long and proud traditions of their own, have defined themselves both with respect to one another and under the influence of the West. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available pre

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• Authors: Akira Iriye
• Assisted by: Akira Iriye (Editor), Iriye Akira (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.2014
• EAN: 9780691615790
• ISBN: 978-0-691-61579-0
• No. of pages: 382
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; Princeton Legacy Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Japan, China, Cultural Studies, English, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / China, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, HISTORY / Essays, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Literary essays