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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Alexander Williamson
    sub title: a victorian chemist and the making of modern japan
  name:
    name part: Inuzuka, Takaaki
    name part: 1944-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: JSTOR (Organization)
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  genre: Biographies.
  genre: History.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 2021
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  language:
    language term: jpn
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 133 pages)
  abstract: Alexander Williamson was professor of chemistry at UCL (1849-87) and a leading scientist of his time. He taught and cared for visiting Japanese students, thereby assisting them with their goal of modernising Japan. This short, accessible biography explores his contribution to nineteenth-century science as well as his lasting impact on Japanese society.In 1863 five students from the Chōshū clan, with a desperate desire to learn from the West, made their way to England. They were put in the care of Williamson and his wife. Their mission was to learn about cutting-edge Western technology, science, economics and politics. When they returned home they rapidly became leading figures in Japanese life at a particularly turbulent time, one of them serving as the country's first prime minister. Subsequently many other Japanese students followed in their footsteps and studied at UCL.The remarkable story of the part Williamson and UCL played in the modernisation of Japan is little known today. This biography will promote a deeper understanding of Williamson's scientific innovations and his legacy for Anglo-Japanese relations. An Afterword briefly outlines the extraordinary careers of the pioneering students after they left Britain.
  table of contents: Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- 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 Chōshū Five and Satsuma Nineteen -- Afterword: Serendipity: The Ever-Widening Circle -- Further Reading -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover
  note: Takaaki Inuzula, translated by Haruko Laurie.
  note: Electronic resource.
  subject:
    geographic code: e-uk---
    geographic code: e-uk-en
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Williamson, Alexander
      name part: 1829-1890
  subject:
    name:
      name part: University College, London
    topic: History
    temporal: 19th century
  subject:
    name:
      name part: University College, London.
  subject:
    topic: Chemists
    geographic: Great Britain
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Japanese students
    geographic: England
    topic: History
    temporal: 19th century
  subject:
    topic: Chemists
  subject:
    topic: Japanese students
  subject:
    geographic: England
  subject:
    geographic: Great Britain
  classification: QD22.W55
  classification: 540.92
  related item:
    identifier: (OCoLC)1229088304
  identifier: 9781787359345
  identifier: 1787359344
  identifier: 1787359328
  identifier: 9781787359321
  identifier: 1787359336
  identifier: 9781787359338
  identifier: 9781787359314
  identifier: 178735931X
  identifier: 9781787359352
  identifier: 1787359352
  identifier: 22573/ctv1fg1p4g JSTOR
  identifier: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1fj84dv
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 210529
    record change date: 20220105170902.0
    record identifier: in00004368459
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng