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Samurai and silk : [Book] : a Japanese and American heritage / Haru Matsukata Reischauer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1986.Description: ix, 371 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0674788001 (alk. paper)
  • 9780674788008 (alk. paper)
  • 9780674788015
  • 067478801X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 952.030924 19
Other classification:
  • 952.030924
Summary: Samurai and Silk is a rare treasure: a book of penetrating insight into the Japanese character and the forging of modern Japan from the feudal Tokugawa shoguns to present day economic titans. Only Haru Reischauer could have written this extraordinary family account, beginning with her two illustrious grandfathers: one, a provincial samurai who became a founding father of the Meiji government; the other, a scion of a wealthy and enterprising peasant family who almost single-handedly developed the silk trade with America. Their remarkable stories, and those of their notable descendants, demonstrate the unbounded vision and determination that explain so much about Japan's legendary success.
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Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 2nd Floor 952.030924 REI-S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 52275
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Samurai and Silk is a rare treasure: a book of penetrating insight into the Japanese character and the forging of modern Japan from the feudal Tokugawa shoguns to present day economic titans. Only Haru Reischauer could have written this extraordinary family account, beginning with her two illustrious grandfathers: one, a provincial samurai who became a founding father of the Meiji government; the other, a scion of a wealthy and enterprising peasant family who almost single-handedly developed the silk trade with America. Their remarkable stories, and those of their notable descendants, demonstrate the unbounded vision and determination that explain so much about Japan's legendary success.

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