Alexander Williamson : a Victorian chemist and the making of modern Japan /: a Victorian chemist and the making of modern Japan. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Takaaki Inuzuka ; translated by Haruko Laurie.
• Authors: Inuzuka, Takaaki, 1944-
• Other Names: Laurie, Haruko Uryū translator.
• Contents: List of illustrations; Foreword John White Preface; ; 1. A traveller of intelligence 2. Birkbeck Laboratory at UCL 3. The Chōshū Five 4. The Satsuma Nineteen 5. The fate of the early students 6. Bridge to Japan’s modernisation 7. Towards ‘unity out of difference’ ; Appendix: The names of the Chōshu Five and Satsuma Nineteen ; Afterword: Serendipity: The ever-widening circle John White ; Further reading Notes Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : UCL Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 540.92; Chemists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Japanese students -- England -- History -- 19th century; History -- 19th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781787359345; 9781787359352
• Related ISBNs: 9781787359338; 9781787359321
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