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Jonathan Norton Leonard (1903–1975)

Autor de América Precolombina

39 Obras 2,061 Miembros 13 Reseñas

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Créditos de la imagen: Jonathan Norton Leonard

Obras de Jonathan Norton Leonard

América Precolombina (1967) 443 copias
Early Japan (1968) 357 copias
The Cooking of Latin America (1968) 218 copias
Atlantic Beaches (1972) 133 copias
The First Farmers (1973) 121 copias
Flight Into Space (1953) 36 copias
Crusaders of chemistry (2003) 3 copias

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento
1903
Fecha de fallecimiento
1975
Género
male
Nacionalidad
USA
Lugares de residencia
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
Venezuela
Mexico
Peru
Ocupaciones
writer
Organizaciones
Time Life Books

Miembros

Reseñas

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… (más)
 
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PSZC | 4 reseñas más. | 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 | 4 reseñas más. | Jun 4, 2016 |

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Obras
39
Miembros
2,061
Popularidad
#12,477
Valoración
½ 3.6
Reseñas
13
ISBNs
41
Idiomas
7

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