Download or read book Ryukyu Loochoo Islands written by United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Okinawa The History of an Island People written by George H. Kerr and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first full–length monograph on the history of the Ryukyu Islands in any Western language…a standard work."—Pacific Affairs Okinawa: The History of an Island People is the definitive book available in English on the history of Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands, and an influential scholarly work in the field of Japanese studies. The histories of Japan, Okinawa and the entire Pacific region are crucially intertwined; therefore the review of this fascinating chain of islands is crucial to understanding all of East Asia. Few people can point to Okinawa on a map, yet this tiny island sitting between China and Japan is a hub for international affairs. The island 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, and more than 500,000 military personnel and their families have lived there. In Okinawa: The 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 published in 1958, this edition features an introduction and appendix by Okinawa history scholar Mitsugu Sakihara, making this the most comprehensive resource on the intriguing island of Okinawa.
Download or read book Ryukyu Loochoo Islands written by United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Loochoo written by Clarence J. Glacken and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-08-19 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1955.
Download or read book Military Government in the Ryukyu Islands 1945 1950 written by Arnold G. Fisch and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military government on Okinawa from the first stages of planning until the transition toward a civil administration.
Download or read book The Loochoo Islands written by Charles S. Leavenworth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-27 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Loochoo Islands The Loochoo Islands are a group belonging to Japan and lying off the coast of Eastern slsta, between Japan proper and Formosa. They are inhabited by an interesting race of people; have had a long and occasionally eventful history, and possess a considerable volume of trade. The following pamphlet is the result of a visit to the islands in the summer of 1904. when the author was very courteously given much information about the group by the Japanese officials there. In the appendices will be found translations of an abstract of a Loochooan manuscript history and extracts from Chinese histories dealing with the islands, as well as a detailed memorandum in regard to the Yayeyama group, furnished by Mr. Kurokawa, the chief Japanese official in that group. The cordial thanks of the author are extended to Hon. James W. Davidson, of the American Consular Service, for kind letters of introduction and for much assistance in regard to the subject of the Loochoos; to Hon. Charles B. Harris, A merican Consul at Nagasaki, for much kindness shown to him; to Hon. M. Odagiri, the Japanese Consul-General at Shanghai, for his kindness in providing introductions; and also to H. E. Baron Narahara, Governor of the Loochoos, II. E. Chikami, Governor of Kagoshima ken; Mr. K. Kishimoto, Counsellor of Okinawa ken, and to a host of officials and others in the islands, whose unfailing courtesy, kindly interest, and rich stores of information enabled him to write these pages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Loochoo Islands written by Charles S. Leavenworth and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ryukyu Islands written by Norman D. King and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Loochoo written by Clarence J. Glacken and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1955.
Download or read book Ryukyu Islands written by Norman D. King and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Loochoo Islands written by Charles S. Leavenworth and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Loochoo Islands Classic Reprint written by Charles S. Leavenworth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Loochoo Islands There is always a peculiar charm about islands anywhere, perhaps because we have first to pass through the perils of the ocean to reach them, and there is an attraction all their own about these Pendent Globes of the Eastern seas. Their history has been, in the main, uneventful, and yet interesting, because they have been stepping stones for the advance and retreat of two great Oriental Empires, China and japan. Their people are a puzzle, as to their origin. Their manners, customs, and language offer a rich field of investigation to the ethnologist and the student of philology. The temples and other public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Military Government in the Ryukyu Islands 1945 1950 written by Arnold G. Fisch and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1988 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea and the Great Loo Choo Island written by Basil Hall and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ryukyu Kingdom written by Mamoru Akamine and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This English translation of a key work by one of Okinawa’s most respected historians, Mamoru Akamine, provides a compelling new picture of the role played by the Ryukyu Kingdom in the history of East Asia. Okinawa Island, from which the present-day Japanese prefecture derives its name, is the largest of the Ryukyu Islands, an archipelago that stretches between Japan and Taiwan. In the present volume, Akamine chronicles the rise of the Ryukyu Kingdom in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, when it played a major part in East Asian trade and diplomacy. Then Ryukyu was indeed the cornerstone in a vibrant East Asian trade sphere centered on Ming China, linking what we now call Japan, Korea, and China to Southeast Asia. With historical and cultural connections to both Japan and China, Ryukyu also mediated diplomatically between the two nations, whose leaders more often than not refused to deal with each other directly. But eventually the kingdom became a victim of its own success. Political developments in China and Japan starting in the sixteenth century brought great changes to the region, and in 1609 Ryukyu was invaded by Satsuma, Japan’s southernmost domain. The China-Japan geopolitical rivalry would in time be acted out within Ryukyu itself, as one faction strove to maintain ties with China while another supported union with rapidly modernizing Japan. Throughout the work Akamine’s approach to Ryukyu history is distinguished by his expert use of Chinese and Korean sources, which allows him to examine events from several different angles. This contributes to a broad, sweeping narrative, revealing an East Asia made up of many shifting and interrelated parts—not just nation states pursuing their own interests. Akamine’s facility with Chinese texts in particular uncovers telling details that add considerably to the historical record. His meticulous account of one of Ryukyu’s tribute missions to China, for example, or the role of feng shui in the design of Shuri Castle, the royal and administrative center of the kingdom, is detailed without being pedantic. As a result, readers will come away with a broader, more informed understanding of Ryukyu’s significance in the region and the complexity of its relations with its neighbors.
Download or read book The Loochoo Islands written by Charles S. Leavenworth and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mosquitoes of Okinawa and Islands in the Central Pacific written by United States. Navy Department. Medicine and Surgery Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All available information on taxonomy, distribution, and bionomics of the mosquitoes on some central Pacific Islands groups is brought together. The geographical scope of this paper is limited chiefly to Hawaii, Samoa, the Marshalls, the Carolines, the Marianas, Iwo and Okinawa.
