Edwin O. Reischauer (Author of Japan)

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Edwin O. Reischauer

Born

in Tokyo, Japan

October 15, 1910

Died

September 01, 1990

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Edwin Oldfather Reischauer was an American diplomat, educator, and professor at Harvard University. Born in Tokyo to American educational missionaries, he became a leading scholar of the history and culture of Japan and East Asia. Together with George M. McCune, a scholar of Korea, in 1939 he developed the McCune鈥揜eischauer romanization of the Korean language.

Reischauer became involved in helping create US policy toward East Asia during and after World War II. President John F. Kennedy appointed Reischauer as the United States Ambassador to Japan, where he served from 1961 to 1966. Reischauer founded the Japan Institute at Harvard University in 1973 and was its founding director. It was later named in honor of him.

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	Japan: The Story of A Nation 3.63 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 1970 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	丕賱賷丕亘丕賳賷賵賳 by Edwin O. Reischauer, 賱賷賱賶丕賱噩亘丕賱賷 (鬲乇噩賲丞 ), 卮賵賯賷噩賱丕賱 (賲乇丕噩毓丞) 3.74 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1977 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Histoire du Japon et des Japonais : des origines 脿 1945 3.62 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1961 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Japanese Today: Change and Continuity, Enlarged Edition by Edwin O. Reischauer, Marius B. Jansen 3.44 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1988 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	D臎jiny Japonska by Edwin O. Reischauer, Albert M. Craig, David Labus (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1978 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Histoire du Japon et des Japonais : de 1945 脿 nos jours by Edwin O. Reischauer, Richard Dubreuil (Translator) 3.39 avg rating — 62 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	鬲丕乇賷禺丕賱賷丕亘丕賳賲賳丕賱噩匕賵乇丨鬲賶賴賷乇賵卮賷賲丕 by Edwin O. Reischauer, 賷賵爻賮卮賱亘丕賱卮丕賲 (鬲乇噩賲丞 ), 廿丿賵賷賳兀賵. 乇賷卮丕賵乇 3.47 avg rating — 53 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Japan: Past and Present 3.59 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1964 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Life Between Japan and America 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1986 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	East Asia: The Great Tradition by Edwin O. Reischauer, John King Fairbank 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1958 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars