Japan and the Decline of the West in Asia 1894-1973
Author: Richard Storry
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 186
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Author: Richard Storry
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 186
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 208
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: G. William Whitehurst
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2020-12-23
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 147668233X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1937, Japan blundered into a debilitating war with China, beginning with a minor incident near Peking (now Beijing) that quickly escalated. The Japanese won significant battles and captured the capital, Nanking, after a horrific massacre of its citizens. Chiang Kai-shek, China's acknowledged leader, would not surrender--each side believed it could win a war of attrition. The U.S. sided with China, primarily because of President Roosevelt's personal bias in their favor. Drawing on a wealth of sources including interviews with key players, from soldiers to diplomats, this history traces America's unexpected and unpopular involvement in an Asian conflict, and the growing recognition of Japan's threat to world peace and the inevitability of war.
Author: John Ashley Soames Grenville
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 1014
ISBN-13: 9780415289559
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides a comprehensive survey of the key events and personalities of this period.
Author: Janet Hunter
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-06-06
Total Pages: 371
ISBN-13: 1317870867
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe main emphasis of this book is upon political, social and economic developments, as conditioned by Japan's interaction with the outside world, the advance of industrialisation and the emergence of the Japanese nation state. Unlike previous textbooks on the history of modern Japan, Janet Hunter's book adopts a thematic approach which makes the period much more accessible for readers who wish to pursue their particular interests throughout the period. Moreover, it will also establish a greater awareness of the cultural and institutional continuities which are crucial to any proper understanding of modern Japan.
Author: Oliviero Frattolilio
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2014-07-24
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 1443865117
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the late nineteenth century, Japan was the only non-Western country to have successfully faced the challenges of Westernization. At the end of the Meiji Era, just three decades after the end of the country’s feudal age, it became Great Britain’s ally, while its soldiers were deployed in Beijing, operating alongside the great European powers. Meanwhile, in Japan, the perception of a scientifically and technologically advanced West came to be imbued by negative connotations, generated by the threatening Western presence in Asia. In order to avoid succumbing to the European imperialist yoke, Japan has itself gradually converted its international status by embracing an imperialistic identity. The new image of the world responding to the current historical situation could only result from a philosophy immersed in historicity, far from its metaphysical dimension. In a philosophy mediated by history, self-awareness would have coincided with the “historical manifestations of history”. Based on these premises, the Chūōkōron group seemed to have presented Japan’s hegemonic aspirations as an expression of its “real historical manifestation”. This sounded like an explicit declaration of ideologically supporting the country’s involvement in the war. But what is the meaning that the participants in the debates attributed to the idea of Japan’s “real historical manifestation”? The answer lies in a moral obligation that the country saw as “the duty” of world history: overcoming modern civilization while promoting a new culture.
Author: William G. Beasley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 0198221681
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStudying the development, expansion, and eventual collapse of Japanese imperialism from the Sino-Japanese war of 1894-1895 through 1945, Beasley here discusses the dynamic relationship between a successful industrial economy and the building of an empire.
Author: John W. Dower
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780719019142
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mikiso Hane
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-04-27
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 0429973063
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents the essential facts of modern Japanese history. It covers a variety of important developments through the 1990s, giving special consideration to how traditional Japanese modes of thought and behavior have affected the recent developments.