TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kitaoka,Shin'ichi
AU  - Arthy,Iain
TI  - Gotō Shinpei, statesman of vision: research, public health, and development 
SN  - 9784866581835
AV  - DS884.G6 K5813 2021
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Tokyo
PB  - Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture
KW  - Gotō, Shinpei,
KW  - Diplomats
KW  - Japan
KW  - Biography
KW  - Cabinet officers
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1868-1912
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-213)
N2  - "The Meiji era (1868-1912) produced numerous geniuses in Japan and one who certainly earns his name on the list is Gotō Shinpei. Gotō, who was a prominent figure in Japan's political scene, showed exceptional talent in various fields. Starting off his career as a physician, he became a leading figure in public health and successfully organized a massive quarantine in 1895 for returning soldiers of the First Sino-Japanese War. Later he was appointed as civilian governor of Taiwan and following this he became the first president of the South Manchuria Railway, showing ingenuity in colonial management which was remarkably different from that of Western countries. He built the basis of the Japanese railway system as director-general of the Railway Agency and as home minister presented a grand vision for urban planning immediately after the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923."--
ER  -