Imatge de l'autor

Jonathan Norton Leonard (1903–1975)

Autor/a de Ancient America

39 obres 2,061 Membres 13 Ressenyes

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Crèdit de la imatge: Jonathan Norton Leonard

Obres de Jonathan Norton Leonard

Ancient America (1967) 443 exemplars
Early Japan (1968) 357 exemplars
The Cooking of Latin America (1968) 218 exemplars
American Cooking: New England (1970) 138 exemplars
American Cooking: The Great West (1971) 135 exemplars
Atlantic Beaches (1972) 133 exemplars
The First Farmers (1973) 121 exemplars
Recipes: Latin American Cooking (1968) 119 exemplars
Flight Into Space (1953) 36 exemplars
Crusaders of chemistry (2003) 3 exemplars

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Data de naixement
1903
Data de defunció
1975
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
USA
Llocs de residència
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
Venezuela
Mexico
Peru
Professions
writer
Organitzacions
Time Life Books

Membres

Ressenyes

The first and last paragraph of the Introduction "Throughout most of history Japan has been remote from us of the West and all but unknown-but when it has broken through its isolation to come to our attention, it has never failed to amaze us. When the Portuguese and then other Europeans first came to Japan in the middle of the16th Century, they found this feudal land reminiscent of their own and, appreciating the familiar, decided that the Japanese were most admirable of all Asian peoples. Later, when Japan, after more than two hundred years of self-imposed isolation, was "rediscovered" in the middle of the 19th Century, it soon astounded Europeans by its unique ability among all non-Western lands to close with speed the technological gap that had opened up between the West and the rest of the world." Behind Japan's great achievements lies a very special historical narrative. This is what Mr. Leonard tells with skill and grace, covering the period from Japan's Shadowy beginnings as a backward land on the edges of the civilized world, to the time when the pattern of its own cultural greatness had become well set by the early 17th Century. Edwin O. Reischauer U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1961-1966… (més)
 
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PSZC | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | May 6, 2019 |
more a history of art in his time. many detailed descriptions of paintings not shown. needs an editor
 
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mahallett | Jul 29, 2016 |
The history of early Japan.
 
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ShelleyAlberta | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Jun 4, 2016 |

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Autors associats

Leonard Krieger Consulting Editor
Edwin O. Reischauer Introduction
Constantine Manos Photographer
Richard Jeffery Photographer
Richard Meek Photographer
Mark Kauffman Photographer
Ted Streshinsky Photographer

Estadístiques

Obres
39
Membres
2,061
Popularitat
#12,477
Valoració
½ 3.6
Ressenyes
13
ISBN
41
Llengües
7

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