Book
Okinawa, the history on an island people
C. E. Tuttle Co. • Rutland, Vt. • Published In 1958 • Pages:
By: Kerr, George H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Kerr has written a comprehensive history of Okinawa that focuses mostly on foreign relations. He relates in detail Perry's visit to Okinawa in which he ultimately forces himself into the royal palace. It is a trial run for his open door policy in Japan. Kerr is also good on Okinawa's long period of dual submission to Japan and China and Okinawan efforts to keep it a secret. Kerr relates in detail the missionary Bettelheim's long-suffering stay on the island, which overlapped with Perry's visit.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- External trade
- Chief executive
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Okinawans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard;2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Not Specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1100-1944
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Okinawa, Japan
- NotesAdditional notes
- George H. Kerr
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 491-518)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 58012283
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ryukyuans