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.