Gregory Polakoff
Biographic Data
| ID | 729699 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gregory Polakoff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gregory |
| FAMILY NAME | Polakoff |
| SIGNATURE | POLAKOFF G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Rainbow in the Desert
Remembering Aizu
A History of Japan
In a rare combination of comprehensive coverage and sustained critical focus, this book examines Japanese history in its entirety to identify the factors underlying the nation's progression to superpower. Japan's achievement is explained not merely in economic terms, but at a more fundamental level, as a product of historical patterns of response to circumstance. Japan is shown to be a nation historically impelled by a pragmatic determination to …
Narrative as Counter-Memory
The Iwakura Mission in America and Europe
Driven by the need to identify, classify and assess western technology and culture together with a desire to advance a dialogue for reviewing the so-called 'unequal treaties' - the new Meiji government of 1868 despatched a top-level ministerial team to the west which, in 1872, arrived in the United States. In all, they spent 205 days in America, 122 days in Britain and two months in France, as well as visiting other countries including Belgium, G…
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Narrative as Counter-Memory
The Iwakura Mission in America and Europe
Driven by the need to identify, classify and assess western technology and culture together with a desire to advance a dialogue for reviewing the so-called 'unequal treaties' - the new Meiji government of 1868 despatched a top-level ministerial team to the west which, in 1872, arrived in the United States. In all, they spent 205 days in America, 122 days in Britain and two months in France, as well as visiting other countries including Belgium, G…
A History of Japan
In a rare combination of comprehensive coverage and sustained critical focus, this book examines Japanese history in its entirety to identify the factors underlying the nation's progression to superpower. Japan's achievement is explained not merely in economic terms, but at a more fundamental level, as a product of historical patterns of response to circumstance. Japan is shown to be a nation historically impelled by a pragmatic determination to …
Remembering Aizu
A Rainbow in the Desert
History (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Japanese History and Culture (3 works) · Economic history (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works) · China (1 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (1 works)