Nationalism, the Vernacular, and Responses to Western Impact in East Asian Comparative Perspective

Opinion Foru

The Discovery of the Gold Seal in 1784 and the Waves of Historiography Ever Since

According to the Hou Han shu, in 57 B.C.E. an emissary from the land we now call Japan arrived at the court of the Later Han dynasty in Luoyang. Although we don’t know his name or who his sovereign was, he was awarded a seal and ribbon. The seal promptly disappeared from history for the next 1,727 years. It was unexpectedly discovered in an irrigation ditch being repaired by a farmer in Kyushu. For the next 233 years （until now）, every detail about this golden seal has been the topic of extensive debate with over 350 books and articles devoted to the topic. This essay discusses that lengthy debate and tries to understand it on its own terms

Spam E-mail Advertisements for Cosmetics / Beauty Products and Consumer Behavior

Consumers receive spam e-mail solicitations for cosmetics and beauty products. We analyze responses from 200 college students with regard to opening and reading this spam e-mail and also clicking through and purchasing the product advertised in this spam e-mail. With regard to opening and reading spam email about cosmetics/beauty products, women and also increasing scores for learning more information online about cosmetics/beauty products were both significantly associated with increased odds for opening and reading this spam e-mail. With regard to purchasing the cosmetics/beauty product advertised in the spam e-mail, increasing scores for trust in the Internet to provide accurate information about cosmetics/beauty products was significantly associated with increased odds for purchasing. Marketers who use ethical approaches and are interested in sending e-mail information to prospective college student customers about cosmetics/beauty products should keep in mind the importance of conveying trust

Awareness that Dogs Can Be Carriers for Ticks that Transmit Lyme Disease

Background and Purpose: Tick exposure places one at possible risk for Lyme disease. Awareness of this fact can possibly prevent its occurrence. Urban college students are often in outdoor areas where there is potential tick exposure. Methods: College students in New York City (n=714) were surveyed about demographics, Lyme-disease knowledge, Lyme disease related topics, and dog-specific items. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify factors that are related to awareness that dogs can be carriers for ticks that transmit Lyme disease. Results: For both dog owners and those who do not own dogs, certain Lyme disease knowledge topics, previously heard of Lyme disease, and aware of a Lyme disease dog vaccine were each associated with increased odds for awareness about dogs being carriers. Among dog owners, African American race/ethnicity and knowing someone diagnosed with Lyme disease were each associated with increased odds for awareness, while previous diagnosis of Lyme disease had decreased odds for awareness. Conclusion: One-on-one education by physicians, nurses, veterinarians, healthcare practitioners and public health practitioners could help address some of the lack of awareness among urban college students that dogs can be carriers for ticks that can transmit Lyme disease

Book Review: Meeting of Minds: Intellectual and Religious Interaction in East Asian Traditions of Thought

Meeting of Minds: Intellectual and Religious Interaction in East Asian Traditions of Thought, a volume of eleven essays written in honor of Wing-tsit Chan and William Theodore de Bary, proposes to explore how Confucian and Neo-Confucian traditions have responded to and have influenced other traditions (Buddhist, Taoist, folk, Japanese nativist, and so on) in China and Japan. The essays are arranged first geographically (seven articles on China precede four on Japan) and then roughly chronologically. All essays, save one, describe Sung or post-Sung developments. A few sentences per essay must suffice in this review. [excerpt

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Historiography and Japanese Consciousness of Values and Norms, カリフォルニア大学 サンタ・バーバラ校, カリフォルニア大学 ロサンゼルス校, 2001年1

On Translating Shiba Ryōtarō into English

Historical Consciousness, Historiography, and Modern Japanese Values, 2002年10月末-11月, カナダ, アルバータ州バン

Japanese Travelers to Shanghai in the 1860s

Historiography and Japanese Consciousness of Values and Norms, カリフォルニア大学 サンタ・バーバラ校, カリフォルニア大学 ロサンゼルス校, 2001年1

How Much Does an Understanding of History Help? : Naitō Konan\u27s Reading of “Communism” in China

陶徳民先生退休記念