The Empire of the East

About this eBook

Author

Montgomery, Helen Barrett, 1861-1934

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Japan -- History

Category

Text

eBook-No.

28690

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28690

Release Date

May 4, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE EMPIRE OF THE EAST
2. 2.H. B. MONTGOMERY
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — THE EMPIRE OF THE EAST
6. 6.CHAPTER I — A GLIMPSE AT THE PAST
7. 7.CHAPTER II — THE COUNTRY—ITS PHYSICAL FEATURES—PRODUCTS—FAUNA—FLORA, ETC.
8. 8.CHAPTER III — THE JAPANESE RACE AND ITS LANGUAGE
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — THE RELIGIONS OF JAPAN, THEIR INFLUENCES AND EFFECTS
10. 10.CHAPTER V — THE CONSTITUTION—THE CROWN AND THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — THE PEOPLE—THEIR LIFE AND HABITS
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — TRADE—COMMERCE—AND INDUSTRIES
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — JAPAN’S FINANCIAL BURDENS AND RESOURCES
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — EDUCATION
15. 15.CHAPTER X — THE JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVY
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — JAPANESE ART—INTRODUCTORY—LACQUER WARE, POTTERY AND PORCELAIN
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — JAPANESE ART ( continued )—SCULPTURE—METAL WORK—PAINTING
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — POSTAL AND OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — LAW AND ORDER
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI — LITERATURE AND THE DRAMA
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII — NEWSPAPERS IN JAPAN
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII — JAPANESE MORALITY
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX — JAPAN AND CHINA
25. 25.CHAPTER XX — EUROPEANS IN JAPAN
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI — A VISIT TO SOME BUDDHIST TEMPLES
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII — THE AINOS
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII — JAPAN AS IT IS TO-DAY
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV — THE FUTURE OF JAPAN—PHYSICAL—MORAL—MENTAL
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV — THE FUTURE OF JAPAN—NATIONAL—POLITICAL—ITS INFLUENCE ON THE WORLD
31. 31.INDEX

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