Japanese Studies in Britain : A Survey and History.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- List of Relevant Biographical Portraits -- Part I: History -- 1. A Brief History of Japanese Studies in Britain - from the 1860s to the Twenty-first Century -- 2. British Missionaries and Japanese Studies in Pre-war Japan -- 3. British Consular and Military Officers in Japan Before 1941 -- Part II: Japanese Studies at Universities -- 4. Cambridge University -- 5. Japanese Library Collections: Cambridge and Elsewhere -- 6. Cardiff University -- 7. Durham University -- 8. University of East Anglia -- 9. University of Edinburgh -- 10. University of Leeds -- 11. London School of Economics -- 12. Manchester University -- 13. University of Newcastle -- 14. Oxford University -- 15. Oxford Brookes -- 16. Sheffield University -- 17. SOAS, University of London -- 18. The White Rose East Asia Centre: Collaboration in Japanese Studies Between the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield -- 19. Japanese Studies at Other Universities in Britain -- Part III: Foundations and Other Organizations -- 20. The British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS) -- 21. The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation and Japanese Studies in UK Universities -- 22. The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation: Japanese Studies Funding and Policy, 1985-2016 -- 23. The Japan Foundation's Support for Japanese Studies in Britain -- 24. The Japan Society and Japanese Studies in the UK -- 25. Japanese Studies in the UK: The Role of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science -- 26. The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures -- 27. The Tanaka Fund and its Impact on Japanese Studies Library Collections in the UK through the JFEC and the JLG Cooperative Acquisitions Scheme -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

This book takes an in-depth look at the study of Japan in contemporary Britain, highlighting the many strengths but pointing out some weaknesses, while offering a valuable record of the origins and development of Japanese Studies in British universities and other institutions. It has essays by scholars from universities all over Britain.

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