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Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands

Author : Robert Walker
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462914314
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands written by Robert Walker and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Lowell Thomas Annual Travel Book Award Silver Medal Winner 2015** Travel to the most inspiring tropical islands on the planet! Everything you need is in this one convenient Okinawa travel guide--including a large pull-out map. Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands is the first comprehensive travel guide to the 150 sub-tropical island chain that stretches across 600 miles from Japan to Taiwan. These are some of the most stunningly beautiful islands in the world! Trek up active volcanoes, soak in natural hot springs, enjoy pristine white sand beaches, and sample Okinawa's superb homegrown cuisine. Experienced author Robert Walker tells you how to get there, where to go, where to stay and what to do, including: Ferry schedules and flights Lodgings on all inhabited islands Best beaches and surf spots Hikes and nature walks Sights suitable for families with children Historical and cultural landmarks With over 200 color photographs and 40 maps, this book provides essential travel tips to help tourists avoid costly mistakes. It also includes a large fold-out map of Okinawa and the Ryukyu chain with insets for the major islands and cities.

The Ryukyu Kingdom

Author : Mamoru Akamine
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824855205
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book The Ryukyu Kingdom written by Mamoru Akamine and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This English translation of a key work by one of Okinawa’s most respected historians, Mamoru Akamine, provides a compelling new picture of the role played by the Ryukyu Kingdom in the history of East Asia. Okinawa Island, from which the present-day Japanese prefecture derives its name, is the largest of the Ryukyu Islands, an archipelago that stretches between Japan and Taiwan. In the present volume, Akamine chronicles the rise of the Ryukyu Kingdom in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, when it played a major part in East Asian trade and diplomacy. Then Ryukyu was indeed the cornerstone in a vibrant East Asian trade sphere centered on Ming China, linking what we now call Japan, Korea, and China to Southeast Asia. With historical and cultural connections to both Japan and China, Ryukyu also mediated diplomatically between the two nations, whose leaders more often than not refused to deal with each other directly. But eventually the kingdom became a victim of its own success. Political developments in China and Japan starting in the sixteenth century brought great changes to the region, and in 1609 Ryukyu was invaded by Satsuma, Japan’s southernmost domain. The China-Japan geopolitical rivalry would in time be acted out within Ryukyu itself, as one faction strove to maintain ties with China while another supported union with rapidly modernizing Japan. Throughout the work Akamine’s approach to Ryukyu history is distinguished by his expert use of Chinese and Korean sources, which allows him to examine events from several different angles. This contributes to a broad, sweeping narrative, revealing an East Asia made up of many shifting and interrelated parts—not just nation states pursuing their own interests. Akamine’s facility with Chinese texts in particular uncovers telling details that add considerably to the historical record. His meticulous account of one of Ryukyu’s tribute missions to China, for example, or the role of feng shui in the design of Shuri Castle, the royal and administrative center of the kingdom, is detailed without being pedantic. As a result, readers will come away with a broader, more informed understanding of Ryukyu’s significance in the region and the complexity of its relations with its neighbors.

Okinawa: The History of an Island People

Author : George H. Kerr
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462901840
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Okinawa: The History of an Island People written by George H. Kerr and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Okinawa: The History of an Island People is] a book that answers the questions of the curious layman, satisfies the standards of critical scholarship, and is readable and fascinating besides. --American Historical Review"

Archaeology of the Ryukyu Islands

Author : Richard J. Pearson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780824880699
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Archaeology of the Ryukyu Islands written by Richard J. Pearson and published by . This book was released on with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ryukyu Islands Facts Book

Author : Ryukyu Islands (United States Civil Administration, 1950-1972). Office of the Comptroller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Ryukyu Islands Facts Book written by Ryukyu Islands (United States Civil Administration, 1950-1972). Office of the Comptroller and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ryukyu Islands Facts Book

Author : Ryukyu Islands. (United States Civil Administration, 1950-1972). Office of the Comptroller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Ryukyu Islands Facts Book written by Ryukyu Islands. (United States Civil Administration, 1950-1972). Office of the Comptroller and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Resistant Islands

Author : Gavan McCormack
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538115565
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Resistant Islands written by Gavan McCormack and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in a thoroughly updated edition, Resistant Islands offers the first comprehensive overview of Okinawan history from earliest times to the present, focusing especially on the recent period of colonization by Japan, its disastrous fate during World War II, and its current status as a glorified US military base. The base is a hot-button issue in Japan and has become more widely known in the wake of Japan’s 2011 natural disasters and the US military role in emergency relief. Okinawa rejects the base-dominated role allocated it by the US and Japanese governments under which priority attaches to its military functions, as a kind of stationary aircraft carrier. The result has been to throw US-Japan relations into crisis, bringing down one prime minister who tried to stop construction of yet another base on the island and threatening the incumbent if he is unable to deliver Okinawan approval of the new base. Okinawa thus has become a template for reassessing the troubled US-Japan relationship—indeed, the geopolitics of the US empire of bases in the Pacific.

Okinawa: The History of an Island People

Author : George Kerr
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9784805314791
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Okinawa: The History of an Island People written by George Kerr and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first full–length monograph on the history of the Ryukyu Islands in any Western language…a standard work."—Pacific Affairs Okinawa: The History of an Island People is the definitive book available in English on the history of Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands, and an influential scholarly work in the field of Japanese studies. The histories of Japan, Okinawa, and the entire Pacific region are crucially intertwined; therefore the review of this fascinating chain of islands is crucial to understanding all of East Asia. Few people can point to Okinawa on a map, yet this tiny island sitting between China and Japan was and continues to be one of the most crucial Asian nerve centers in all U.S. strategic defense. Ninety percent of all U.S. military forces in Japan are located on Okinawa, and more than 500,000 military personnel and their families have lived there. In Okinawa: The History of an Island People, noted Eastern affairs specialist George Kerr recounts the fascinating history of the island and its environs, from 1314 A.D. to the late twentieth century. First published in 1958, this edition features an introduction and appendix by Okinawa history scholar Mitsugu Sakihara, making this the most comprehensive resource on the intriguing island of Okinawa.

Ryukyu Islands

Author : Norman D. King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Ryukyu Islands written by Norman D. King and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Ryukyu Islands at a Glance

Author : Ryukyu Islands (Military Government, 1945-1950)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Ryukyu Islands at a Glance written by Ryukyu Islands (Military Government, 1945-1950) and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Pocket Guide to Okinawa

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book A Pocket Guide to Okinawa written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Agreement with Japan Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands

Author : United States
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agreement with Japan Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Pocket Guide to Okinawa

Author : United States. Office of Information for the Armed Forces
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book A Pocket Guide to Okinawa written by United States. Office of Information for the Armed Forces and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ancient Ryukyu

Author : Richard Pearson
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824837126
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Ryukyu written by Richard Pearson and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2013-11-30 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who are the people of the Ryukyu Islands? How could they survive and prosper on small, isolated islands? How did the independent Ryukyu Kingdom become a major player in East Asian medieval trade? Ancient Ryukyu explores 30,000 years of human occupation in the Ryukyu Islands, from the earliest human presence in the region up to A.D. 1609 and the emergence of the Ryukyu Kingdom. It focuses on the unique geopolitical position of the islands, their environment, and the many human communities whose historical activities can be discerned. Drawing on the impressive work of dozens of local archaeologists who have brought the islands’ early history to life, Richard Pearson describes explorers and sojourners and colonists who arrived thousands of years ago, and their ancient trade links to Japan, Korea, and China. Through a case study focused on the medieval castles and palaces of the Ryukyu Kingdom, he demonstrates the vigorous trade taking place in East Asia before the arrival of the Europeans in the sixteenth century A.D. He also shows how archaeologists have sought to reconstruct monuments on Okinawa Island that were obliterated in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. Through analysis of work completed at about 120 sites described in dozens of rare Japanese government reports with limited circulation, Pearson is able to show that many modern features of the culture, politics, and economy of the Ryukyu Islands have very deep roots. The book concludes with a discussion of aspects of Ryukyu archaeology that are significant for world archaeology and the archaeology of islands. Ancient Ryukyu offers an up-to-date treatment of an unusually long span of human history in the Ryukyu Islands and will become the definitive work in English on the premodern era.

Maritime Ryukyu, 1050–1650

Author : Gregory Smits
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824884272
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Maritime Ryukyu, 1050–1650 written by Gregory Smits and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2020-02-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do Ryukyu’s official histories locate the origins of its early dynastic founders in Iheya and Izena, small islands located northwest of Okinawa? Why did the Ming court extend favorable trade terms to Ryukyuan rulers? What was the nature of Okinawa’s enigmatic principalities, Sannan, Chūzan, and Hokuzan? When and how did the Ryukyu islands become united under a single ruler? Was this Ryukyuan state an empire, why did it go to war with the powerful Japanese domain of Satsuma in 1609, and what actually happened during that war? Answers to these and other key questions concerning early Ryukyuan history can be found in this bold reappraisal by a leading authority on the subject. Conventional portrayals of early Ryukyu are based on official histories written between 1650 and 1750. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Gregory Smits makes extensive use of scholarship in archaeology and anthropology and leverages unconventional sources such as the Omoro sōshi (a collection of ancient songs) to present a fundamental rethinking of early Ryukyu. Instead of treating Ryukyu as a natural, self-contained cultural or political community, he examines it as part of a maritime network extending from coastal Korea to the islands of Tsushima and Iki, along the western shore of Kyushu, and through the Ryukyu Arc to coastal China. Smits asserts that Ryukyuan culture did not spring from the soil of Okinawa: He highlights Ryukyu’s northern roots and the role of wakō (pirate-merchant seafarers) in the formation of power centers throughout the islands, uncovering their close historical connections with the coastal areas of western Japan and Korea. Unlike conventional Ryukyuan histories that open with Okinawa, Maritime Ryukyu starts with the northern island of Kikai, an international crossroads during the eleventh century. It also focuses on other important but often overlooked territories such as the Tokara islands and Kumejima, in addition to bringing the northern and southern Ryukyu islands into a story that all too often centers almost exclusively on Okinawa. Readers interested in the history of the Ryukyu islands, premodern Japan, and East Asia, as well as maritime history, will welcome this original and persuasive volume.

Rethinking Postwar Okinawa

Author : Pedro Iacobelli
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498533124
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Postwar Okinawa written by Pedro Iacobelli and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume presents the latest multidisciplinary research that delves into developments related to contemporary Okinawa (a.k.a Ryukyu Islands), and also engages with contemporary debates on American hegemony and Empire in a larger geographical context. Okinawa, long viewed as a marginalized territory in larger historical processes, has been characterized solely by the U.S. military presence in the islands, despite having embraced a multiplicity of social and cultural transformations since the end of the Pacific War. In this timely academic revision of Okinawa, occurring at the time of numerous debates over the building of yet another military base in the island, this volume's contributors tell a story that situates Okinawa in the context of other militarized territories and thus, goes beyond the limits of Okinawa prefecture. Indeed, the book examines the ways in which studies on Okinawa have evolved, moving away from the direct problems brought by the establishment of foreign military bases. Previous studies have explicated how Okinawa has fallen prey to power politics of more dominant nations. In expanding on these themes, this volume examines the unique social and cultural dynamics of Okinawa and its people that had never been intended by the political authorities.

Island Sustainability

Author : Hiroshi Kakazu
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1466906456
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Island Sustainability written by Hiroshi Kakazu and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is devoted to island sustainability with a focus on the small island economies in the Pacific, especially islands of Okinawa located at the southwestern edge of Japan. It examines socio-economic characteristics, development issues, policies, networking of island societies, and the roles of culture, human resources, agriculture and tourism in a globalizing world. Okinawa, the birthplace of nissology (island studies in Greek), embraces all aspects of small, remote island characteristics, including geography, history, economy and culture. Okinawa hosted the third and fourth Pacific Leaders Meeting (PALM). PALM adopted “the Okinawa Initiative on Regional Development Strategies for a More Prosperous and Safer Pacific.” This initiative emphasized the important role of Okinawa in spearheading and coordinating development and educational relationships among the Pacific islands. Although the focus is on Okinawa, analytical methods and visions presented in this book will provide food for thought for many similar island societies which have been struggling to achieve toward sustainable development. Since the International Small Island Studies Association (ISISA) held its first meeting on Island of Okinawa, Nissology has been emerging as an important area of scientific investigation. The book is intended to appeal to students, academic researchers, policy makers and industry professionals and practitioners.