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A World of Crisis and Progress : The American YMCA in Japan, 1890-1930
author
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Davidann, Jon Thares.
publisher
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Lehigh University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0934223432
print isbn13
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9780934223430
ebook isbn13
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9780585188959
language
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English
subject
Young Men's Christian Association--Japan--History, YMCA of the USA--History , Christianity--Japan--History, Nationalism--Religious aspects--Christianity--Japan.
publication date
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1998
lcc
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BV1060.J3D38 1998eb
ddc
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267/.3952
subject
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Young Men's Christian Association--Japan--History, YMCA of the USA--History , Christianity--Japan--History, Nationalism--Religious aspects--Christianity--Japan.
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A World of Crisis and Progress
The American YMCA in Japan, 1890-1930
Jon Thares Davidann
Bethlehem: Lehigh University Press London: Associated University Presses
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1998 by Associated University Presses, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Davidann, Jon Thares, 1961 A world of crisis and progress : the American YMCA in Japan, 1890-1930 / Jon Thares Davidann. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-934223-43-2 (alk. paper) 1. Young Men's Christian Association-Japan-History. 2. YMCA of the USAHistory. 3. ChristianityJapanHistory. 4. Nationalism Religious aspectsChristianityJapan. I. Title. BV1060.J3D38 1998 267'.3952dc21 97-40391 CIP
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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For Beth and Eli
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Contents
Preface
9
Introduction
19
1. The American YMCA and the Missionary Revival
29
2. Japanese Christians and Cultural Nationalism
52
3. The Struggle for Independence
80
4. Social Problems and the Russo-Japanese War
100
5. YMCA Postwar Imperialism in Korea and Manchuria
130
6. The Crisis of Christian Nationalism
151
Notes
163
Bibliography
188
Index
201
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Preface
In an age of rapid globalization, it is not surprising that historians' interests are turning toward the international and intercultural aspects of history. Having studied abroad and run an international house with the explicit goal of strengthening intercultural understanding, I share these concerns. Therefore, this book is the result of both my personal interests and a new professional focus on intercultural history.
One of the issues that struck me when I went abroad was that my perspective had changed. Upon returning home, the prism through which I saw the world had been dramatically altered by my experiences overseas: I had embraced an intercultural perspective. This change in perspective is a useful way to begin a discussion about some of the contributions of this book. Foremost among them is a shift from the traditional historical framework within nations to an intercultural and thus an international perspective. Within this change, there are other innovations. My work also suggests that we need to see cross-cultural contact between East and West as a dialogue, taking into account all sides, not as a monologue flowing in one directionfrom West to East.
This international perspective has the potential to change the way we think about history. One of the advantages of this approach is that it allows historians to see new issues and questions and to reprioritize the concerns of national historiographies. One of the questions that arises from this perspective is: did a Pacific system exist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century comparable to the concept of an Atlantic system from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries between Europe and the American colonies? In the Atlantic system, several formerly neglected issues such as the African slave trade have taken on new importance and have energized the discipline. However, the evidence of this book suggests that nothing comparable to an Atlantic system existed in the Pacific in the later period. One of the impediments to a Pacific system was the rise of nationalism in the nineteenth century across the Pacific, which this volume docu-
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