Friendly Connections - Philadelphia Quakers and Japan Since the Late Nineteenth Century

This bookdiscloses the history of relations among members of the Quakers of Philadelphia and Japanese intellectuals, educators, and activists. Throughout the modern era, these ties, often between women, have transformed efforts for peace, equality, and women's rights in Japan and the United States.

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Edited by Linda H. Chance; Paul B. Reagan and Tetsuko Toda - Foreword by Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner - Afterword by Tetsuko Toda - Contributions by Allan W. Austin; Thomas W. Burkman; Linda H. Chance; Cynthia L. Daugherty; Donald Davis; Steven Elkinton; Thom

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This bookdiscloses the history of relations among members of the Quakers of Philadelphia and Japanese intellectuals, educators, and activists. Throughout the modern era, these ties, often between women, have transformed efforts for peace, equality, and women’s rights in Japan and the United States.

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• Authors: Linda H. Reagan Chance
• Assisted by: Linda Chance (Editor), Linda H Chance (Editor), Linda H. Chance (Editor), Chance Linda H. (Editor), Paul Reagan (Editor), Paul B Reagan (Editor), Paul B. Reagan (Editor), Tetsuko Toda (Editor), Lapsansky-Werner Emma J. (Foreword), Tetsuko Toda (Afterword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2024
• EAN: 9781793623331
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-333-1
• No. of pages: 372
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, Ethnic Studies, Asia, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, RELIGION / Christianity / Quaker, Asian History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)