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Author:   R. Henry Brunton ,  Edward R. Beauchamp
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780313277955

ISBN 10:   0313277958
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   17 July 1991
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction My Appointment to Japan The First Telegraph in Japan Laying Out a New Settlement Water and Light Building Iron Bridges Osaka: An Interned City Taming the Shinano River The Gold Mines of Sado The Pioneer Railway in the Far East Maps, Surveys, and Engineering Education The New Coinage The Great Fire in Tokio The Craze for Steamers Location of the Lighthouses In the Historic Port of Nagasaki Buying a Lighthouse Tender My Visit to Satsuma The American Warship Oneida The Purchase of the Thabor The Jealous Japanese The Dockyard at Yokosuka The Expedition to Formosa Vicissitudes Necessity, the Mother of Invention Building Lightships Audience of the Emperor The Great Embassy to the Treaty Powers Home Again--With the Japanese in England Japanese Petroleum Women's Education in Japan The Japanese in Bad Temper The Yokohama Harbor Scheme Maintaining Discipline Keeping Up the Standards The Riu Kiu [Ryukyu] Islands Personal Judgements Index

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?This fascinating small book is concerned nearly as much with the century-long attempt to publish the memoirs of R.H. Brunton (and others) as in describing the progress in technology in Japan in the period 1868-1876. At that time, Japan was a major political power, yet in engineering and technological accomplishments was hundreds of years behind the industrial world in general. Brunton was selected to bring Japan up to date. He and his associates brought in lighthouses, wharfage, roads, railroads, and canals; telephone and telegraph, highways and iron bridges, as well as technical training and education in engineering. Progress, once begun, continued at a high level for many years. The passage of useful information was not undirectional; for example, Brunton learned about earthquake-resistant building design from the Japanese. Brunton describes some parts of Japanese history not usually discussed, which will interest students of political history as well as the history of science. The general reader may find it of considerable interest. Useful for upperclass undergraduate and graduate students.?-Choice

"?This fascinating small book is concerned nearly as much with the century-long attempt to publish the memoirs of R.H. Brunton (and others) as in describing the progress in technology in Japan in the period 1868-1876. At that time, Japan was a major political power, yet in engineering and technological accomplishments was hundreds of years behind the industrial world in general. Brunton was selected to bring Japan up to date. He and his associates brought in lighthouses, wharfage, roads, railroads, and canals; telephone and telegraph, highways and iron bridges, as well as technical training and education in engineering. Progress, once begun, continued at a high level for many years. The passage of useful information was not undirectional; for example, Brunton learned about earthquake-resistant building design from the Japanese. Brunton describes some parts of Japanese history not usually discussed, which will interest students of political history as well as the history of science. The general reader may find it of considerable interest. Useful for upperclass undergraduate and graduate students.?-Choice ""This fascinating small book is concerned nearly as much with the century-long attempt to publish the memoirs of R.H. Brunton (and others) as in describing the progress in technology in Japan in the period 1868-1876. At that time, Japan was a major political power, yet in engineering and technological accomplishments was hundreds of years behind the industrial world in general. Brunton was selected to bring Japan up to date. He and his associates brought in lighthouses, wharfage, roads, railroads, and canals; telephone and telegraph, highways and iron bridges, as well as technical training and education in engineering. Progress, once begun, continued at a high level for many years. The passage of useful information was not undirectional; for example, Brunton learned about earthquake-resistant building design from the Japanese. Brunton describes some parts of Japanese history not usually discussed, which will interest students of political history as well as the history of science. The general reader may find it of considerable interest. Useful for upperclass undergraduate and graduate students.""-Choice"

This fascinating small book is concerned nearly as much with the century-long attempt to publish the memoirs of R.H. Brunton (and others) as in describing the progress in technology in Japan in the period 1868-1876. At that time, Japan was a major political power, yet in engineering and technological accomplishments was hundreds of years behind the industrial world in general. Brunton was selected to bring Japan up to date. He and his associates brought in lighthouses, wharfage, roads, railroads, and canals; telephone and telegraph, highways and iron bridges, as well as technical training and education in engineering. Progress, once begun, continued at a high level for many years. The passage of useful information was not undirectional; for example, Brunton learned about earthquake-resistant building design from the Japanese. Brunton describes some parts of Japanese history not usually discussed, which will interest students of political history as well as the history of science. The general reader may find it of considerable interest. Useful for upperclass undergraduate and graduate students. -Choice ?This fascinating small book is concerned nearly as much with the century-long attempt to publish the memoirs of R.H. Brunton (and others) as in describing the progress in technology in Japan in the period 1868-1876. At that time, Japan was a major political power, yet in engineering and technological accomplishments was hundreds of years behind the industrial world in general. Brunton was selected to bring Japan up to date. He and his associates brought in lighthouses, wharfage, roads, railroads, and canals; telephone and telegraph, highways and iron bridges, as well as technical training and education in engineering. Progress, once begun, continued at a high level for many years. The passage of useful information was not undirectional; for example, Brunton learned about earthquake-resistant building design from the Japanese. Brunton describes some parts of Japanese history not usually discussed, which will interest students of political history as well as the history of science. The general reader may find it of considerable interest. Useful for upperclass undergraduate and graduate students.?-Choice

Author Information

EDWARD R. BEAUCHAMP is Professor of Historical and Comparative Studies in Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He is the author of An American Teacher in Early Meiji Japan, Learning to Be Japanese, and Dissertations in the History of Education, as well as articles in the History of Education Quarterly. Dr. Beauchamp co-edited Educational Policies in Crisis: Japanese and American Perspectives (Praeger, 1986), Education in Japan: A Sourcebook, and Foreign Employees in 19th Century Japan.

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