Author: Douglas Howland
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Keywords: mill, japan, china, stuart, john, liberty, public, introduction, personal
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2005-11-05
List price: $64.00
ISBN-10: 0802090052
ISBN-13: 9780802090058

Blame for the putative failure of liberalism in late-nineteenth-century Japan and China has often been placed on an insufficient grasp of modernity among East Asian leaders or on their cultural commitments to traditional values. In Personal Liberty and Public Good, Douglas Howland refutes this view, turning to the central text of liberalism in that era: John Stuart Mill?s On Liberty.Howland offers absorbing analyses of the translations of the book into Japanese and Chinese, which at times reveal astonishing emendations. As with their political leaders, Mill?s Japanese and Chinese translators f

Author: Douglas Howland
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Keywords: nineteenth, century, japan, reason, political, west, language, translating
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2001-10-01
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 0824824628
ISBN-13: 9780824824624

This analysis of of the transformation of political thought in 19th century Japan examines the transmission to Japan of key concepts - liberty, rights, sovereignty, and society from Western Europe and the US. The Japanese had to invent terminology to engage Western political thought.

Authors:Douglas Howland, Luise S. White,
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: century, studies, populations, laws, sovereignty, territories, state
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2008-11-19
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0253220165
ISBN-13: 9780253220165

The State of Sovereignty examines how it came to pass that the nation-state became the prevailing form of governance in the world today. Spanning the 19th and 20th centuries and addressing colonization and decolonization around the globe, these essays argue that sovereignty is a set of historically contingent practices, and not something that accrues naturally to states. The contributors explore the different ways in which sovereign political forms have been defined and have defined themselves, placing recent debates about nations and national identity within a broader history of sovereignty,

Authors:Tani Barlow, William Pietz, Douglas R.Howland, Dai Ji
Publisher: Duke University Press
Keywords: book, positions, marxisms, asian, new
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2002-05
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0822328739
ISBN-13: 9780822328735

Displaying the particular vitality of the global traditions of Marxism and neomarxism at the beginning of the twenty-first century, New AsianMarxisms collects essays by a diverse group of scholars—historians, political scientists, literary scholars, and sociologists—who offer a range of studies of the Marxist heritage focusing on Korea, Japan, India, and China.While some of these essays take up key thinkers in Marxist history or draw attention to outstanding problematics, others focus on national literature and discourse in North and South Korea, the "Mao Zedong Fever" of the 1990s, the i

Author: Charles P Howland
Publisher: Arno Press
Keywords: american, relations, survey, imperialism, annual, foreign, issue, caribbean, preliminary, section
Number of Pages: 329
Published: 1970
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0405020279
ISBN-13: 9780405020278

Author: James S. Howland
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Keywords: series, mathematics, international, analysis, real, basic
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2009-09-21
List price: $78.95
ISBN-10: 0763773182
ISBN-13: 9780763773182

Ideal for the one-semester undergraduate course, Basic Real Analysis is intended for students who have recently completed a traditional calculus course and proves the basic theorems of Single Variable Calculus in a simple and accessible manner. It gradually builds upon key material as to not overwhelm students beginning the course and becomes more rigorous as they progresses. Optional appendices on sets and functions, countable and uncountable sets, and point set topology are included for those instructors who wish include these topics in their course. The author includes hints throughout the

Author: Howland Blackiston
Publisher: For Dummies
Keywords: dummies, beekeeping
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 2009-03-16
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0470430656
ISBN-13: 9780470430651

Now updated — your guide to becoming a successful backyard beekeeper Interested in raising honey bees? This friendly, practical guide presents a step-by-step approach to starting your own beehive, along with expert tips for maintaining a healthy colony. You get the latest on honey bee medication and treatments, harvesting and marketing your honey, and the impact the sudden disappearance of the honey bee has on our environment and economy. To bee or not to bee? — understand the benefits of beekeeping and whether it’s right for you Build your first hive — gather