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Science for the Empire: Scientific Nationalism in Modern Japan
A most remarkable diplomatic initiative, known as the Iwakura Mission, was launched. Senior Japanese diplomats voyaged around the world to establish new diplomatic relations with Europe and the United States and to study best practices abroad as the basis for Japanese reforms in many key areas, including the structure of government, central banking
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The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe
by Jeremy Lent