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Iriye, Akira

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Works: 175 works in 418 publications in 6 languages and 18,100 library holdings
Roles: Editor, Compiler, Author of introduction
Classifications: e183.8.j3, 327.73
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Most widely held works by Akira Iriye
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11 editions published between and 1992 in English and held by 1,167 libraries worldwide
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17 editions published between and 1990 in English and held by 1,135 libraries worldwide
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9 editions published between and 1982 in English and held by 1,132 libraries worldwide
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19 editions published between and 1998 in English and Japanese and held by 890 libraries worldwide
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7 editions published between and 1994 in English and held by 858 libraries worldwide
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5 editions published in in English and held by 763 libraries worldwide
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20 editions published between and 2006 in English and Japanese and held by 760 libraries worldwide
The "global community" is a term we take for granted today. But how did the global community, both as an idea and as a reality, originate and develop over time? This book examines this concept by looking at the emergence, growth, and activities of international organizations--both governmental and nongovernmental--from the end of the nineteenth century to today.
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8 editions published between and 2001 in English and held by 603 libraries worldwide
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13 editions published between and 1995 in English and Japanese and held by 576 libraries worldwide
"The relationship between China and Japan remains among the most significant of all the world's bilateral affairs - yet it is also the most tortured and the least understood. Akira Iriye adds brilliant clarity to the past century of Chinese-Japanese interactions in this masterful interpretive survey." "Placing the relationship within its global context, he outlines three distinct periods in the history of these Asian giants. From the 1880s to World War I, the two nations struggled for power. Armaments, war strategies, and security measures played pivotal roles, reflecting the importance of military calculations in a world dominated by Western governments." "In the second period, that between the two World Wars, Iriye illuminates the dominant role of culture and the stress on internationalism. China's continuing literary influence, an exchange of ideas and students, reforms such as Japan's Taisho democracy and China's May Fourth movement, and both nations' bid for racial equality in the West profoundly affected these interwar years." "The third period reaches from the end of World War II through the present day, and is characterized by exchanges of an economic nature: trade, shipping, investment, and emigration. The author discusses the results of China's civil war, the rise and decline of the Cold War in the West, and the cultural and ecological problems brought by Japan's spiraling economic development. But economic ties remain deeply entwined with cultural concerns, and ultimately, Iriye stresses, the future of China and Japan depends on the successful cultural interdependence of what may be the most significant pair of countries in the world today."--BOOK JACKET.
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3 editions published in in English and held by 441 libraries worldwide
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4 editions published in in English and held by 422 libraries worldwide
"Assembling more than thirty primary documents - including proposals, memoranda, decrypted messages, and imperial conference reports - Iriye presents diplomatic exchanges from both American and Japanese perspectives to determine how and why the United States and Japan went to war in 1941. A detailed introduction provides background on Japanese aggression in China and Southeast Asia during the 1930s and economic unrest and isolationism in the United States. Readings add an interpretive dimension, placing Pearl Harbor in global context with essays from American, Japanese, Chinese, Soviet, German, British, and Indonesian perspectives that explain how various countries applied pressure, offered assistance, exacerbated rifts, and significantly affected negotiations and Japan's ultimate decision for war."--BOOK JACKET.
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8 editions published between and 2000 in English and Japanese and held by 390 libraries worldwide
"As the nineteenth century became the twentieth and the dangers of rampant nationalism became more evident, people throughout the world embraced the idea that a new spirit of internationalism might be fostered by better communication and understanding among nations. Cultural internationalism came into its own after the end of World War I, when intellectuals and artists realized that one way of forging a stable and lasting international peace was to encourage international cultural exchange and cooperation." "In Cultural Internationalism and World Order, noted historian Akira Iriye shows how widespread and serious a following this idea had. He describes a surprising array of efforts to foster cooperation, from the creation of an international language to student exchange programs, international lecture circuits, and other cultural activities. But he does not overlook the tensions the movement encountered with the real politics of the day, including the militarism that led up to World War I, the rise of extreme strains of nationalism in Germany and Japan before World War II, and the bipolar rivalries of the Cold War." "Iriye concludes that the effort of cultural internationalism can be appreciated only in the context of world politics. A lasting and stable world order, he argues, cannot rely just on governments and power politics; it also depends upon the open exchange of cultures among peoples in pursuing common intellectual and cultural interests."--Jacket.
 
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Alternative Names
Irie, Akira.
Irie, Akira, 1934-
Iriye, Akira
Ju-chiang, Chao.
Ju-chiang, Chao, 1934-
Rujiang, Zhao
Rujiang, Zhao 1934-
入江昭
入江, 昭
入江昭
Languages
English (301)
Japanese (89)
Undetermined (15)
Chinese (12)
Portuguese (1)
Dutch (1)
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