{"product_id":"native-american-in-the-land-frederik-l-schodt-9781880656785","title":"Native American in the Land of the Shogun: Ranald MacDonald and the Opening of Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow Japan, after 250 years of self--imposed isolation, began the process of modernization is in part the story of Ranald MacDonald. In 1848 this half-Scot, half-Chinook adventurer from the Pacific Northwest landed on an island off Hokkaido. Although promptly arrested and imprisoned for seven months in Nagasaki, the intelligent, well-educated MacDonald fascinated the Japanese and became one of their first teachers of English and Western ways. Based on primary research in Japan and North America, this book chronicles the events leading to MacDonald's journey and his later struggle to obtain recognition at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrederik L. Schodt\u003c\/b\u003e has written extensively on Japan, including \u003ci\u003eAmerica and the Four Japans\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInside the Robot Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e. Fluent in spoken and written Japanese, he lives in San Francisco. In 2009 he was received the The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette for his contribution to the introduction and promotion of Japanese contemporary popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Schodt's account of MacDonald's life and his eventual journey to Japan is depicted with the accuracy of a trained academic and the excitement of a skillful novelist.\" -- \u003ci\u003eKyoto Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frederik L. Schodt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1880656787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781880656785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stone Bridge Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.34w x 1.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2004 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2004 pg. 1144","brand":"Frederik L. Schodt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43984437215487,"sku":"9781880656785","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_930327a4-91fd-4b7e-9a39-b318d92d54a6.jpg?v=1683272306","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/native-american-in-the-land-frederik-l-schodt-9781880656785","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}