Jackson, Terrence,

Network of knowledge Western science and the Tokugawa information / [electronic resource] : Terrence Jackson. - Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2016. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the world of Dutch studies and an information revolution -- Otsuki Gentaku : network facilitator -- Creating community : the culture of salons -- Bows and laughs : the civil egalitarianism of salons -- Training/Reproducing the network : private academies -- A national network : travel and correspondence -- The network in action : book circulation and publication -- Politicizing the network : civil society in the Meiji period -- Conclusion : the historical significance of community.

9780824853594 0824853598




Ōtsuki, Gentaku, 1757-1827.


Physicians--Japan--Biography


Japan--Intellectual life--1600-1868
Japan--Civilization--Dutch influences.


Electronic books.

R626.O84 / J33 2016

610.69/50952