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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Shannon, Anne.     Subjects     Canadians -- Japan -- History.     Japan -- Relations -- Canada -- History.     Canada -- Relations -- Japan.     Japan -- Civilization -- Western influences.     Japan -- History -- 1868-     Browse Catalog     by author:      Shannon, Anne.       by title:      Finding Japan : earl...       by call number:      952.03 S528f     Search the Web     Shannon, Anne.     Canadians -- Japan -- History.     Japan -- Relations -- Canada -- History.     Canada -- Relations -- Japan.     Japan -- Civilization -- Western influences.     Japan -- History -- 1868-       MARC Display

Finding Japan : early Canadian encounters with Asia / Anne Shannon. by Shannon, Anne. Heritage, c2012. Call #: 952.03 S528f Subjects Canadians -- Japan -- History.   Japan -- Relations -- Canada -- History.   Canada -- Relations -- Japan.   Japan -- Civilization -- Western influences.   Japan -- History -- 1868- ISBN:  9781927051559 (pbk.) 192705155X (pbk.) Description:  240 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 23 cm. Notes:  "Edited by Lana Okerlund"--T.p. verso. Issued also in electronic format. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Arriving (1848-1900). Inspired madness ; Those seductive treaty ports ; Missions and mountains ; Ne geisha ; Highway to the East. -- Growing (1900-30). Myths and markets ; King's Japan ; Flaming passion ; The great quake and commerce ; Sir Herbert and the legation. -- Struggling (1930-50). The dark valley ; War and reconciliation ; Norman Sensei. Summary:  "In contrast to the widely known experiences of Asian immigrants who came to Canada, this book looks at movement in the opposite direction. Using text and images, it is a collection of stories about how Canadians "found Japan," the first place they reached when travelling westward across the Pacific. These connections began as early as 1848, when the adventurous son of a Hudson's Bay Company trader tempted fate by smuggling himself, disguised as a shipwrecked sailor, into the closed and exotic land of the shoguns. He was followed by an intriguing cast of characters--missionaries, educators, businessmen, social activists, political figures, diplomats, soldiers and occasional misfits--who experienced a rapidly changing Japan as it underwent its remarkable transformation from a largely feudal society to a modern state. Now, when the world is becoming more Asia-centric, Finding Japan provides glimpses into an earlier era that challenged conventional perceptions about Canadian connections across the Pacific."--Publisher's website. Other authors:  Okerlund, Lana, 1970- Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 952.03 S528f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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