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Encounter With Japan

Herbert Passin

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Description:The year is 1944. A young anthropologist embarks on the study of the Japanese language at Ann Arbor - as part of his military training - and is thereby swept into a lifelong romance with the "enemy" nation. In this delightful, humorous, and evocative account of the circumstances leading to his involvement with Japan, the author relives three years from his past - beginning with enrollment at the Army Intensive Japanese Language School and leading into his first two years in Japan as part of the Occupation forces.In the space of these three years the author discovers a whole new world as fresh experiences assail him at every turn. A sense of adventure permeates the entire book as he moves closer toward Japan, its society, and its customs. "A new language," he discovers, "bring one new experiences, new ways of perceiving oneself." And we are given a taste of these encounters as the scenes shift from the American midwest across the Pacific to war-torn Tokyo, to the refugees in Fukuoka, to the Ainu in Hokkaido.The book is more than just a series of personal reminiscences, however. The author also assesses the significance of the wartime language schools, which, unwittingly, produced a large number of scholars and specialists in Japanese studies. In his words, "... we were involved in what eventually turned out to have been an important episode in the intellectual history of our times: the creation of a new field of studies in American and, as a consequence, world scholarship."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Encounter With Japan. To get started finding Encounter With Japan, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 1982

ISBN: 0870115456

Description: The year is 1944. A young anthropologist embarks on the study of the Japanese language at Ann Arbor - as part of his military training - and is thereby swept into a lifelong romance with the "enemy" nation. In this delightful, humorous, and evocative account of the circumstances leading to his involvement with Japan, the author relives three years from his past - beginning with enrollment at the Army Intensive Japanese Language School and leading into his first two years in Japan as part of the Occupation forces.In the space of these three years the author discovers a whole new world as fresh experiences assail him at every turn. A sense of adventure permeates the entire book as he moves closer toward Japan, its society, and its customs. "A new language," he discovers, "bring one new experiences, new ways of perceiving oneself." And we are given a taste of these encounters as the scenes shift from the American midwest across the Pacific to war-torn Tokyo, to the refugees in Fukuoka, to the Ainu in Hokkaido.The book is more than just a series of personal reminiscences, however. The author also assesses the significance of the wartime language schools, which, unwittingly, produced a large number of scholars and specialists in Japanese studies. In his words, "... we were involved in what eventually turned out to have been an important episode in the intellectual history of our times: the creation of a new field of studies in American and, as a consequence, world scholarship."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Encounter With Japan. To get started finding Encounter With Japan, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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