Edwin O. Reischauer (1910–1990)
Auteur de Japan: The Story of a Nation
A propos de l'auteur
Edwin O. Reischauer was born in Japan in 1910, the son of Protestant educational-missionary parents, founders of Japan's first school for the deaf. After being educated in Japanese and American schools, he received his B.A. from Oberlin College in 1931 and his M.A. from Harvard in 1932. Four years afficher plus later he received a Ph.D. in Far Eastern Languages from Harvard. In 1938 he joined the faculty at Harvard, where he rose to the position of professor and acted for an extensive period as director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute. His academic career was interrupted by World War II, during which he served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army, and he held civilian posts first in the War Department and later in the Department of State. In 1961 he again took leave from Harvard to accept a position for which he had been hand-picked by President John F. Kennedy---ambassador to Japan. The Japanese accepted him as one of their own; one editorial writer welcomed him by writing that he was well informed about Japan, "having no equal among foreigners on that point." Another remarked how satisfying it would be to "write an editorial and know that the American Ambassador will actually be able to read it." Reischauer was a prolific writer and an energetic speaker who saw his role as introducing Japan to America. In his writings and in his activities in other media such as film, he was committed to reaching as broad an audience as possible. At Harvard he led in training the first generation of true American scholars of Japan. As U.S. ambassador to Japan, however, his role became reversed as he sought to educate Japanese about America and Americans. In the wake of the war in the Pacific, Reischauer hoped to show Americans and Japanese that the two countries could and should be close allies and friends. His assessment of Japan's history emphasized the nonrevolutionary character of its modern history and its outward-looking development. In his view Japanese war and aggression were aberrations in a long emerging liberal tradition. His positivist interpretation has been a leading influence in defining America's postwar vision of Japan. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Edwin O. Reischauer in 1961
Séries
Œuvres de Edwin O. Reischauer
Histoire Du Japon Et Des Japonais. 1. Des Origines 1945 T1 (English and French Edition) (2014) 4 exemplaires
Japan and America Today 2 exemplaires
JAPAN Past and Present Third Edition 2 exemplaires
JAPAN Past and Present Second Edition 2 exemplaires
Storia del Giappone 1 exemplaire
The Japanese Today: Change And Continuity - Enlarged Edition (w/ Marius B. Jansen) (1884) 1 exemplaire
Japan, past and present 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of World History (1940) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 671 exemplaires
Ennin's Diary: The Record of a Pilgrimage to China in Search of the Law (1955) — Traducteur, quelques éditions — 12 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Reischauer, Edwin O.
- Nom légal
- Reischauer, Edwin Oldfather
- Date de naissance
- 1910-10-15
- Date de décès
- 1990-09-01
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Tokyo, Japan
- Lieu du décès
- La Jolla, California, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Tokyo, Japan
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
La Jolla, California, USA - Études
- Oberlin College (BA)
Harvard University (PhD)
American School in Japan - Professions
- intelligence officer
ambassador
educator
historian
Japanologist - Relations
- Reischauer, Haru Matsukata (wife)
- Organisations
- United States Army
Harvard University - Prix et distinctions
- Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies renamed in his honor (1985)
Japan Foundation Award (1975)
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 28
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 1,308
- Popularité
- #19,627
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 13
- ISBN
- 70
- Langues
- 6
- Favoris
- 1
> UN LIVRE PASSIONNANT — Passionné d'histoire et de culture japonaises, j'ai commandé ce livre à la suite des commentaires en ligne, je n'ai pas regretté mon achat.
Je confirme l'avis des lecteurs qui m'ont précédé, c'est un ouvrage réellement passionnant, bien écrit, jamais pompeux. Certaines réflexions personnelles de l'auteur participent à l'aspect vivant du texte.
J'aimerais trouver plus souvent des livres historiques de cette qualité ; dommage apparemment que le second tome n'ait pas été écrit par Edwin Oldfather. (Daniel ROBERT)
—le 23 juin 2011, (Sur Amazon.fr) 5/5… (plus d'informations)