Turning Point in US-Japan Relations
Chow, Misuzu; Hanihara Chow, Misuzu; Chuma, Kiyofuku
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Description for Turning Point in US-Japan Relations
Hardback. Num Pages: 268 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; JPP; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
This book analyses two international incidents in the 1920s shocked Japan and changed the way in which the country looked at the West. In the Paris Peace Conference, Japanese proposed Racial Equality Bill was defeated. In 1924, the US passed the immigration law that singularly excluded Japanese from immigration. Little known today, the two incidents made significant impact on Japanese mind-set. Detailed study of the two incidents reveals how they contributed towards the drastic transformation of Japan, from the liberal thinking Taisho Democracy in the 1920s to the violent rise of ultra- nationalism in the 1930s. Departing from a purely ... Read more
This book analyses two international incidents in the 1920s shocked Japan and changed the way in which the country looked at the West. In the Paris Peace Conference, Japanese proposed Racial Equality Bill was defeated. In 1924, the US passed the immigration law that singularly excluded Japanese from immigration. Little known today, the two incidents made significant impact on Japanese mind-set. Detailed study of the two incidents reveals how they contributed towards the drastic transformation of Japan, from the liberal thinking Taisho Democracy in the 1920s to the violent rise of ultra- nationalism in the 1930s. Departing from a purely ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349581535
SKU
V9781349581535
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About Chow, Misuzu; Hanihara Chow, Misuzu; Chuma, Kiyofuku
Misuzu Hanihara Chow Born in Tokyo, Japan. BA in Economics/Journalism, Waseda University, MA in Journalism, University of California, Berkeley, PhD, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan Taught Japanese Studies subjects and language at UC Berkeley, University of Toronto, and Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Head of Macquarie University Japanese Studies Department (1988-2007) and Director of Macquarie Japanese Studies Centre (1994-2007). ... Read more
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