Japanese racial identities within US-Japan relations, 1853-1919 /
Considers: Did race really matter? Racial ideology and political pragmatism in U.S.-Japan relations.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2023]
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| Series: | Edinburgh East Asian Studies series.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3464813 |
| Summary: | Considers: Did race really matter? Racial ideology and political pragmatism in U.S.-Japan relations. "This book retraces the process through which, at the turn of the twentieth century, the Japanese went from a racial anomaly to honorary members of the White race. It explores the interpretation of the Japanese race by Western powers, particularly the United States, during Japan's ascension as a great power between 1853 and 1919. Forced to cope with this new element in the Far East, Western nations such as the U.S. had to device a negotiation zone in which they could accommodate the Japanese and negotiate their racial identity. In this book, Tarik Merida, presents a new tool to study this process of negotiation: the Racial Middle Ground."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 197 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781399506915 1399506919 9781399506922 1399506927 9781399506892 |