moto - History 2

The number of women in positions of power and authority in Japanese companies has remained small despite the increase in the number of educated women and the passage of legislation on gender equalit……続きを見る

In the early twentieth century, a good number of college-educated Protestant American women went abroad by taking up missionary careers in teaching, nursing, and medicine. Most often, their destinat……続きを見る

Keiko Shiba, a noted researcher in early modern Japanese history, has spent years collecting hundreds of travel diaries written by women during the reign of the Tokugawa shogunate (17th through mid-……続きを見る

IL SOGNO NEGATO ripercorre la Storia della Strage di Auletta consumata, il 30 Luglio 1861, da un contingente di Bersaglieri affiancati dalla Legione Ungherese, una tra le più cruente del Risorgiment……続きを見る

Media Culture in Transnational Asia: Convergences and Divergences examines contemporary media use within Asia, where over half of the world’s population resides. The book addresses media use and pra……続きを見る

Along with Sun Tzu's The Art of War, The Book of Five Rings is considered to be one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asia. It analyzes the ……続きを見る

Forced Out: A Nikkei Woman’s Search for a Home in America offers insight into “voluntary evacuation,” a little-known Japanese American experience during World War II, and the lasting effects of cult……続きを見る

With its analytic focus on the cultural production by Tibetans-in-exile, this volume examines contemporary Tibetan fiction, poetry, music, art, cinema, pamphlets, testimony, and memoir. The twelve c……続きを見る

A Daughter of the Samurai (1925) is an autobiography by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto. Born in Japan, she was sent to the United States to fulfill an arranged marriage with a Japanese merchant. Raised in a ……続きを見る

Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) and include a bonus link to the free audio book. Miyamoto Musashi's Go Rin no Sho or the book of five rings, is considered a classic treatise on military str……続きを見る

En 1536 escribió Motolinía La historia de los indios de la Nueva España donde relata escrupulosamente la historia de la conversión y las costumbres, los ritos y la cultura de los indios.El francisca……続きを見る

The Book of Five Rings' is one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture. Written not only for martial artists but for anyone who want……続きを見る

"The name Nihon ("Japan") seems to have been first officially employed by the Japanese government in A.D. 670. Before that time, the usual native designation of the country was Yamato, properly the ……続きを見る

The autobiographical first novel by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto, "A Daughter of the Samurai" tells the incredible true story of a young girl born into a high-status family in Nagaoka, Japan whose father, ……続きを見る

An Empty Room is a transformative journey through butoh, an avant-garde form of performance art that originated in Japan in the late 1950's and is now a global phenomenon. This is the first book abo……続きを見る

Joint Winner of the Carole Pateman Gender and Politics Book Prize 2023 https://auspsa.org.au/prizes-and-awards/carole-pateman-gender-and-politics-book-prize/ The Politics of Trauma and Integrity use……続きを見る

Heute ist der Sieg über dich selbst. Morgen ist der Sieg über geringere Krieger. Miyamoto Musashi ist weltweit als Schwertkämpfer, Lehrer und Schriftsteller bekannt, der das Buch der fünf Ringe verf……続きを見る

Aujourd'hui, c'est la victoire sur soi-même. Demain, c'est la victoire sur les guerriers de moindre importance. Miyamoto Musashi est connu dans le monde entier comme le bretteur, le professeur et l'……続きを見る

Hoy es la victoria sobre ti mismo. Mañana es la victoria sobre los guerreros menores. Miyamoto Musashi es conocido en todo el mundo como el espadachín, maestro y escritor que escribió El libro de lo……続きを見る

Among the fiercest opponents of the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II was journalist James "Jimmie" Matsumoto Omura. In his sharp-penned columns, Omura fearlessly called o……続きを見る

In the nineteenth century, white Americans contrasted the perceived purity of white, middle-class women with the perceived eroticism of women of color and the working classes. The Latter-day Saint p……続きを見る

Ante todo, mantenga las artes marciales en su espíritu, y practique diligentemente; y puesto que su espíritu está preparado para combatir en cualquier terreno, podrá vencer a los demás por medio del……続きを見る

Today it is victory over oneself. Tomorrow it is victory over lesser warriors. Miyamoto Musashi is known worldwide as the swordsman, teacher and writer who wrote The Book of Five Rings and changed t……続きを見る

From slave to successor to Booker T. Washington as head of the Tuskegee Institute is a personal story of an African-American and his struggles during the Ante-Bellum years. Robert Russa Moton was bo……続きを見る

Ka Māno Wai is dedicated to the mo‘olelo (stories) of fourteen esteemed kumu loea (expert teachers) who are knowledge keepers of cultural ways. Kamana‘opono M. Crabbe, Linda Kaleo‘okalani Paik, Eric……続きを見る

"It is never wise for a Japanese woman, if she wishes to retain a position of influence and dignity, to say much on any subject. Actions, not words, are her most successful means of expression; but ……続きを見る

Central Asian post-independence media and communication industries, professional practices, education, persisting and evolving values, and traditions remain critically understudied with a notable sc……続きを見る

In the early twentieth century, historical imaginings of Japan contributed to the Argentine vision of “transpacific modernity." Intellectuals such as Eduardo Wilde and Manuel Domecq García celebrate……続きを見る

Explore Japanese society in the lively series that collects the best new writing, photography, art, and reportage from around the world. Visitors from the West look with amazement, and sometimes con……続きを見る

Desde el lejano Saipán en las postrimerías del Japón imperial, a la Argentina, Memorias relata en primera persona una privilegiada visión de dos culturas contrapuestas que coexisten en la persona de……続きを見る