Project Gutenberg 2004-10-22 Public domain in the USA. 519 Gulick, Sidney Lewis 1860 1945 Gulick, Sidney L. (Sidney Lewis) Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Produced by Michael Ciesielski and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic" by Sidney Lewis Gulick is a sociological study written during the late 19th century. The work aims to interpret and analyze the characteristics of modern Japan against the backdrop of social science, exploring how the Japanese have transformed under the influences of both their historical context and Western civilization. Gulick's thesis challenges the notion of fixed racial characteristics, suggesting that the evolution of national identity and character is rather sociological and subject to change. The opening of the book introduces the author's motivation behind the work, emphasizing the uniqueness of Japan's rapid transformation from a secluded society to a modern nation. It explores the historical context of Japan's evolution, its interactions with neighboring countries, especially China, and the influences of Western ideals after the arrival of foreign powers. Gulick notes that Japan's progress is not merely a superficial adoption of Western practices but is rooted in a deep social evolution and internal character development. He raises critical questions about the transformative processes and aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of Japan's identity through the lens of social evolution rather than fixed racial traits. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Japan -- Civilization Japan -- Social life and customs National characteristics, Japanese DS Text Anthropology Category: History - Other Category: Sociology 1244515 2025-08-06T07:13:18.065078 text/html 1176252 2024-10-28T20:48:13 text/html 493064 2025-08-06T07:13:33.390983 application/epub+zip 515659 2025-08-06T07:13:22.410034 application/epub+zip 487449 2025-08-06T07:13:20.631062 application/epub+zip 930434 2025-08-06T07:13:41.379930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 812377 2025-08-06T07:13:31.872988 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 786803 2022-09-07T13:07:06.743469 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 991877 2025-08-06T07:13:15.445106 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 972089 2024-10-28T20:48:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16987 2025-08-06T07:13:41.520922 application/rdf+xml 17009 2025-08-06T07:13:21.214025 image/jpeg 3806 2025-08-06T07:13:20.921023 image/jpeg 474313 2025-08-06T07:13:18.148084 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia