Okinawa: The History of an Island People

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Tuttle Publishing, 2011/10/11 - 592 ページ
"[Okinawa: The History of an Island People is] a book that answers the questions of the curious layman, satisfies the standards of critical scholarship, and is readable and fascinating besides. --American Historical Review"
 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
1945
THE LEGENDARY PAST TO A D 1314 21
A CENTURY OF CONFLICT 13141398 60
THE GREAT DAYS OF CHUZAN 13981573 83
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Approach to the Main Gate of the Enkakuji Shuri following page 70
Sho En Founder of the Second Sho Dynasty 118
JAPAN PROTECTSTHE OKINAWANS 18551878 342
THE RYUKYU KINGDOM COMES TO AN END 18791890 381
ASSIMILATION BY JAPAN 18901940
The Ruins of Nakagusuku Castle Near Shuri 326
Majikina Anko 422
Vice Admiral Kanna Kenwa 422
FIGURES
OKINAWA AND THE COMING OF WORLD WAR II 1941

CONTINENTAL WAR AND LOSS OF INDEPENDENCE 15731609 151
THE YEARS OF ISOLATION 16091797 183
THE BARRIER ISLANDS 17971853 237
PERRY IN OKINAWA 18531854 297
The Court Interpreter 185354 326
The Reverend Doctor Bernard Jean Bettelheim 326
Ancient Pathways into the Sea Islands page 25
NOTES 475
King of Chuzan and His Sons 1756 189
Chinese Envoys at Sogenji 1756 213
AFTERWORD BY MITSUGUSAKIHARA
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George Kerr served as a United States diplomat to Taiwan during World War II before embarking on a notable career as an author and academic. He wrote numerous books and articles about Taiwan and Japan including Formosa Betrayed and The Taiwan Confrontation Crisis.

Mitsugu Sakihara was an Okinawa history scholar who served as president of the Hawaii International College and professor at the University of Hawaii-Manoa.

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