Drawing from the Library of Congress’s massive collection, this volume takes readers on a fascinating and informative journey through nearly 200 years of American children’s books and periodicals depicting life in Japan, from fanciful travelogues full of exotic stereotypes to serious works about wartime atrocities. Published by Rutgers University Press in association with the Library of Congress.
Drawing from the Library of Congress’s massive collection, this volume takes readers on a fascinating and informative journey through nearly 200 years of American children’s books and periodicals depicting life in Japan, from fanciful travelogues full of exotic stereotypes to serious works about wartime atrocities. Published by Rutgers University Press in association with the Library of Congress.
SYBILLE A. JAGUSCH, chief of the Children's Literature Center in the Library of Congress since 1983, is one of the world's leading experts on international children's literature. CARLA D. HAYDEN is an American librarian and the 14th Librarian of Congress. J. THOMAS RIMER is an American scholar of Japanese literature and drama. He is a Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature, Theatre, and Art at the University of Pittsburgh. He has served as the chief of the Asian Division of the Library of Congress.
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Contents Foreword by Carla D. Hayden Introduction by J. Thomas Rimer Note to the Reader Prologue: Japan in Early Books for Children: From Comenius to Commodore Perry Part I From Early Children's Books to the End of the Nineteenth Century 1 They Went to Japan: The Post-Perry Travelers and Their Stories for the Young 2 Fact and Fiction: Travelogues and Adventure Tales about Japan to the Turn of the Twentieth Century 3 Takejiro Hasegawa: The Foreigners' Publisher 4 Japan in St. Nicholas Magazine 5 The Children's Book Writers and Their Information Sources: From Marco Polo to Madame Chrysanthème Part II The Twentieth Century 6 Globetrotting in Children's Books: From 1900 to World War II 7 Louise Seaman Bechtel: America's First Children's Book Editor and Her Books about Japan 8 The Post-World War II Years 9 Three Japanese American Journeys 10 Into the Twenty-First Century Appendix: The Gatekeepers: Leading American Children's Librarians and Their Influence on Children's Books about Japan Selected Bibliography and Further Reading Acknowledgments Notes Illustration Credits Index About the Author
Contents Foreword by Carla D. Hayden Introduction by J. Thomas Rimer Note to the Reader Prologue: Japan in Early Books for Children: From Comenius to Commodore Perry Part I From Early Children's Books to the End of the Nineteenth Century 1 They Went to Japan: The Post-Perry Travelers and Their Stories for the Young 2 Fact and Fiction: Travelogues and Adventure Tales about Japan to the Turn of the Twentieth Century 3 Takejiro Hasegawa: The Foreigners' Publisher 4 Japan in St. Nicholas Magazine 5 The Children's Book Writers and Their Information Sources: From Marco Polo to Madame Chrysanthème Part II The Twentieth Century 6 Globetrotting in Children's Books: From 1900 to World War II 7 Louise Seaman Bechtel: America's First Children's Book Editor and Her Books about Japan 8 The Post-World War II Years 9 Three Japanese American Journeys 10 Into the Twenty-First Century Appendix: The Gatekeepers: Leading American Children's Librarians and Their Influence on Children's Books about Japan Selected Bibliography and Further Reading Acknowledgments Notes Illustration Credits Index About the Author
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