001373753 000__ 02660cam\\2200541\i\4500 001373753 001__ 1373753 001373753 003__ OCoLC 001373753 005__ 20210903084312.0 001373753 008__ 210419t20212021ja\abc\\\b\\\\000\0beng\\ 001373753 010__ $$a2020436504 001373753 020__ $$a9784866581835$$q(hardcover) 001373753 020__ $$a4866581832$$q(hardcover) 001373753 0243_ $$a1920031024006 001373753 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1246542824 001373753 040__ $$aVVC$$beng$$erda$$cVVC$$dVVC$$dOCLCO$$dPSC$$dDLC$$dOWS$$dOCLCF$$dKMS$$dTXI$$dOCLCO$$dOWU$$dUIU$$dOCLCO$$dGYG$$dNGU$$dIXA$$dISE 001373753 0411_ $$aeng$$hjpn 001373753 043__ $$aa-ja--- 001373753 049__ $$aISEA 001373753 05000 $$aDS884.G6$$bK5813 2021 001373753 1001_ $$aKitaoka, Shin'ichi,$$d1948-$$eauthor. 001373753 24010 $$aGotō Shinpei.$$lEnglish 001373753 24510 $$aGotō Shinpei, statesman of vision :$$bresearch, public health, and development /$$cKitaoka Shinichi ; translated by Iain Arthy 001373753 250__ $$aFirst English edition 001373753 264_1 $$aTokyo :$$bJapan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture,$$c2021 001373753 264_4 $$c©2021 001373753 300__ $$a215 pages :$$billustrations, maps, portraits ;$$c22 cm 001373753 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001373753 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 001373753 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 001373753 4901_ $$aJapan library 001373753 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 210-213) 001373753 50500 $$tPreface : Why remember Gotō as a foreign policy leader? --$$tMedical student and public health administrator --$$tCivilian governor of Taiwan --$$tPresident of the South Manchuria Railway --$$tBureaucratic government and party politics --$$tWorld War I and Japan --$$tLost opportunities 001373753 520__ $$a"The Meiji era (1868-1912) produced numerous geniuses in Japan and one who certainly earns his name on the list is Gotō Shinpei. Gotō, who was a prominent figure in Japan's political scene, showed exceptional talent in various fields. Starting off his career as a physician, he became a leading figure in public health and successfully organized a massive quarantine in 1895 for returning soldiers of the First Sino-Japanese War. Later, he was appointed as civilian governor of Taiwan and following this he became the first president of the South Manchuria Railway, showing ingenuity in colonial management which was remarkably different from that of Western countries. He built the basis of the Japanese railway system as director-general of the Railway Agency and as home minister presented a grand vision for urban planning immediately after the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923"--$$cBack cover 001373753 60010 $$aGotō, Shinpei,$$d1857-1929. 001373753 648_7 $$a1868-1912$$2fast 001373753 650_0 $$aDiplomats$$zJapan$$vBiography. 001373753 650_0 $$aCabinet officers$$zJapan$$vBiography. 001373753 651_0 $$aJapan$$xPolitics and government$$y1868-1912. 001373753 655_7 $$aBiographies.$$2lcgft 001373753 7001_ $$aArthy, Iain,$$etranslator. 001373753 830_0 $$aJapan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan) 001373753 852__ $$bgen$$hDS884.G6$$iK5813 2021 001373753 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1373753$$pGLOBAL_SET 001373753 980__ $$aBOOK 001373753 980__ $$aBIB