Screen LibraryRussian views of Japan, 1792-1913 : an anthology of travel writing /
"This book presents rare narratives written by Russians - explorers, official envoys, scholars and, later, tourists - who visited Japan between 1792 and 1913. The introduction and notes set these narratives in the context of the history of Russo-Japanese relations and the genre of European trav...
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | [2004] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ;
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| Summary: |
"This book presents rare narratives written by Russians - explorers, official envoys, scholars and, later, tourists - who visited Japan between 1792 and 1913. The introduction and notes set these narratives in the context of the history of Russo-Japanese relations and the genre of European travel writing, showing how the Russian writers combined ethnographic interests with the assertion of Russian and European values, simultaneously inscribing power relations and negotiating cultural difference. Students of Japanese history, nineteenth-century Russia, literature and cultural studies will fin |
| Item Description: | Transferred to digital printing 2009. |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 213 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780415546171 (paperback) : 0415546176 (paperback) 9780415297301 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 0415297303 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 9780203644263 0203644263 |
| Index Number: | DS809 |
| CLC: |
D851.293.13 K931.39 |
| Call Number: | K931.39/R969 |
| Contents: | Journal of Laxman's embassy to Japan (Ezo, 1792-3) / Adam Laxman -- Voyage round the world (Nagasaki, 1804-5) / Ivan Krusenstern -- Narrative of my captivity in Japan (Ezo, 1811) / Vasilii Golovnin -- The frigate Pallada (Nagasaki, 1853) / Ivan Goncharov -- News from Japan (Edo, 1859) / A. Kornilov -- In the East (Hakodate, 1860) / Sergei Maksimov -- Around Asia (Nagasaki, 1880) / Ivan Zarubin -- On the Japanese railways (Nagoya, 1890) / A. Cherevkova -- Around the islands of the Far East (Nagasaki, 1892) / Andrei Krasnov -- Around Korea, Manchuria and the Liaodong, peninsula (Nagasaki, Yoko |