Okinawa : The History of an Island People


George H. Kerr
Bok Engelsk 2000 · Electronic books.
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Medvirkende
Utgitt
Boston : : Tuttle Publishing, , 2000.
Omfang
1 online resource (943 p.)
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[2nd] Rev. ed.
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Copyright; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; A NOTE ON NAMES, CHRONOLOGY, WEIGHTS, AND MONEY; INTRODUCTION; OKINAWA, THE UNITED STATES, AND CURRENT HISTORY; PART ONE: CHUZAN: INDEPENDENT KINGDOM; CHAPTER ONE: THE LEGENDARY PAST; ISLAND PATHWAYS ON ANCIENT SEA FRONTIERS; PREHISTORIC LIFE IN THE RYUKYUS; THE EASTERN SEA ISLANDS OF CHINESE TRADITION; OKINAWAN ORIGIN MYTHS AND SAFE HAVENS IN THE SEA ISLANDS; CHINESE AND JAPANESE NOTICES BEFORE THE 12TH CENTURY; TALES OF TAMETOMO, AN EXILED JAPANESE, AND OF HIS SONHUNTEN. - AMERICAN PRESSURE ON JAPAN: COMMODORE PERRY'S PLANS FOR OKINAWA. - OKINAWA AND THE OUTER ISLANDS: MIYAKO, YAEYAMA, AND AMAMI OSHIMAOKINAWAN TRADE WITH THE INDIES AND SOUTHEAST ASIA; FORMAL RELATIONS WITH CHINA; RELATION WITH JAPAN: TRADE AND POLITICS; THE TURNING POINT; PART TWO: ISOLATION:'LONELY ISLAND'; CHAPTER FOUR: CONTINENTAL WAR AND LOSS OF INDEPENDENCE; WAR IN KOREA SPELLS DISASTER IN OKINAWA; SATSUMA INVADES THE RYUKYU ISLANDS, 1609 (KEICHO 14); THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN FOR A KING'S RANSOM; SERVING TWO MASTERS: THE PROBLEMS OF DUAL SUBORDINATION; PROTESTANT TRADERS AND CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN 17TH-CENTURY OKINAWA. - TRADITIONS OF SHUNTEN AND OTHER EARLY ""KINGS"" ON OKINAWATHE SHIMAZU FAMILY IN KYUSHU: ""LORDS OF THE TWELVE SOUTHERN ISLANDS""; CHAPTER TWO: A CENTURY OF CONFLICT; THREE RIVAL CHIEFTAINS BID FOR CHINESE RECOGNITION; SATTO OF CHUZAN: OKINAWA AND THE CHINESE TRIBUTE SYSTEM; OKINAWA IN MARITIME TRADE THROUGHOUT FAR EASTERN SEAS; GROWTH AND CHANGE ON OKINAWA; CHAPTER THREE: THE GREAT DAYS OF CHUZAN; HASHI AND THE ""FIRST SHO DYNASTY""; THE ""SECOND SHO DYNASTY"" AND ITS FOUNDER, SHO EN; SHO SHIN'S REIGN: THE ""GREAT DAYS OF CHUZAN"". - WAR AND REBELLION IN CHINA AND ITS EFFECT IN OKINAWASATSUMA AND THE OKINAWAN TRADE WITH CHINA; CHAPTER FIVE: THE YEARS OF ISOLATION 1609-1797; A NEW ECONOMIC LIFE: AGRICULTURE TAKES THE PLACE OF FOREIGN TRADE; GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE UNDER SATSUMA'S WATCHFUL EYE; SHO JO-KEN, PRINCE AND PRIME MINISTER; SAI ON'S STATESMANSHIP: THE STRUGGLE FOR ECONOMIC SURVIVAL; CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE IN THE 18TH CENTURY; STUDENTS ABROAD AND RIOTS AT SHURI; THE WESTERN BARBARIANS REAPPEAR: A SECOND TURNING POINT; PART THREE: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS; CHAPTER SIX: THE BARRIER ISLANDS. - WESTERN RIVALS IN EASTERN WATERSTHE RYUKYUS ON JAPAN'S DEFENSE PERIMETER; YEARS OF ECONOMIC DISASTER; SATSUMA EXPLOITS OKINAWA TO EVADE THE SECLUSION EDICTS; CHINA'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE WESTERN BARBARIANS; BRITISH VISITORS: CAPTAIN HALL'S MOMENTOUS VOYAGE AND NAPOLEON'S INTEREST IN THE RYUKYUS; MISSIONARIES, MERCHANTS, AND NAVAL DIPLOMATS: THE ANGLO-CHINESE WARS; FRENCH PRESSURE AT SHURI AND SATSUMA'S REACTION; THE MISSIONARY BETTELHEIM APPEARS IN OKINAWA; BETTELHEIM CREATES A PROBLEM FOR THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT; CHAPTER SEVEN: THE MOUSE AND THE EAGLE: PERRY IN OKINAWA. - Few people can point to Okinawa on a map, yet this tiny island sitting between China and Japan was and continues to be one of the most crucial Asian nerve centers in all U.S. strategic defense. Ninety percent of all U.S. military forces in Japan are located on Okinawa, one of the Ryukyu Islands, and it was through these troops that the martial art of karate was exported to the U.S. In Okinawa: History of an Island People, noted Eastern affairs specialist George Kerr recounts the fascinating history of the island and its environs, from 1314 A.D. to the late twentieth century. First publ
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