GIVING UP THE GUN: JAPAN’ S REVERSION TO THE SWORD, 1543-1879

Book ID/图书代码： 03650115B82896

English Summary/英文概要： This is a significant story, and Perrin tells it marvelously well, with rich detail, captivating quotations from observers of the time, both Japanese and Western, and a wealth of revealing comparisons with contemporary technology, warfare, and life in Europe. This little book is both thought-provoking and a delight to read. Edwin O. Reischauer, Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一个至关重要的故事，Perrin讲得特别好。故事里有丰富的细节，当时日本和西方的旁观者引人入胜的评论，还披露了大量与当代欧洲技术、战争、生活进行的比较。这本小书发人深思，同时也是部读来非常有趣的作品。（LYR）

Awards/获奖情况：Noel Perrin教授写出了一部优雅的专著，含有大量日本版画插图。——《纽约时报》书评

Noel Perrin通过对日本某一历史事件的描述，写作了这部紧凑而优雅的作品。故事非常吸引人，主要讲述了日本引进、掌握并最终放弃枪支的过程。作者语言犀利、有趣，运用了大量背景信息，并揭示了许多奇闻轶事，使整个事件跃然纸上。——《新共和（The New Republic）》

Professor Noel Perrin has written an elegant monograph, magnificently illustrated with a wealth of Japanese prints. --New York Times Book Review

Through his description of one historical event in Japan s national experience, Noel Perrin has written a book as tight and elegant as haiku. The story is a fascinating one: Japan s introduction to, mastery of, and subsequent abandonment of, the gun.... Perrin s work is so crisp and interesting, and so loaded with background information and revealing anecdotes, that the whole peculiar episode it describes jumps to life from its pages. --The New Republic

This is a significant story, and Perrin tells it marvelously well, with rich detail, captivating quotations from observers of the time, both Japanese and Western, and a wealth of revealing comparisons with contemporary technology, warfare, and life in Europe. This little book is both thought-provoking and a delight to read. --Edwin O. Reischauer, Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan

Through his description of one historical event in Japan s national experience, Noel Perrin has written a book as tight and elegant as haiku. The story is a fascinating one: Japan s introduction to, mastery of, and subsequent abandonment of, the gun.... Perrin s work is so crisp and interesting, and so loaded with background information and revealing anecdotes, that the whole peculiar episode it describes jumps to life from its pages. --The New Republic

This is a significant story, and Perrin tells it marvelously well, with rich detail, captivating quotations from observers of the time, both Japanese and Western, and a wealth of revealing comparisons with contemporary technology, warfare, and life in Europe. This little book is both thought-provoking and a delight to read. --Edwin O. Reischauer, Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan

About the Author/作者介绍： Noel Perrin (1927-2004)，著有13本著作，并长期为《Vermont Life》《Country Journal》《纽约客》等杂志供稿。

Noel Perrin (1927-2004) was the author of thirteen books and a frequent contributor to Vermont Life, Country Journal, The New Yorker, and other magazines.

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