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American Samurai: Captain L.L. Janes and Japan
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
American Samurai: Captain L.L. Janes and Japan
Contributors:
By (Author) Fred G. Notehelfer
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
952.031092
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
410
Dimensions:
Width 127mm, Height 203mm
Weight:
397g
Description
The book reveals how a man on the way to being a misfit in the United States became the heroic American samurai." It discusses Janes as one of the few Westerners allowed to live in the interior and as the "father" of the Kumamoto Band, which became the dominant wing of Japanese Protestantism and a significant modernizing force. Originally publishe
