Britain S Encounter With Meiji Japan 1868 1912

Author : Olive Checkland
Publisher : Springer
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1989-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349106097

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Britain's Encounter with Meiji Japan, 1868-1912 by Olive Checkland Pdf

During the Meiji Era, of 1868-1912, British influence in Japan was stronger than that of any other foreign power. Although role models were sought from Englishmen and Scotsmen, whether diplomats, engineers, educators or philosophers, the first priority for the Japanese was to achieve a transfer of industrial and technical skills. As important customers, who brought good profits to British industry, the Japanese were accommodated when they stipulated on awarding a contract that their own people should work in office, shipyard or factory. Much new research material discovered in Japan, England and Scotland has enabled the detailed examination of a relationship - with Britain as Senior and Japan as Junior partner - which lasted until 1914. It was on these foundations that Japan was able subsequently to build a great industrial nation.

Author : Olive Checkland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UCAL:B4362222

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Britain's Encounter with Meiji Japan, 1868-1912 by Olive Checkland Pdf

Author : Andrew Cobbing
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134250134

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The Japanese Discovery of Victorian Britain by Andrew Cobbing Pdf

The investigations undertaken in the pursuit of knowledge by the first overseas Japanese travellers during the 1860s and 70s have left a unique record of life in the then unknown west. Leaving behind a homeland culturally isolated for more than 200 years, these samurai travellers were especially fascinated by the extent of British political and commercial influence they observed during their travels, and therefore paid particularly close attention to the Victorian world and recorded all they saw in minute detail. Their diaries and 'travelogues' comprise the single largest body of material on Victorian society to be recorded in any non-European language. This book examines the nature of these travellers' experiences and their perceptions of Victorian Britain. A deeper understanding of this rich source material is important because, although entirely unknown to British readers, the documents reveal one of the most spectacular culture shocks ever recorded in World History. They are also important because the images of Victorian and other western societies that they portrayed to the Japanese reading public in the late nineteenth century still underpin Japanese understanding of the outside world more than a hundred years later.

Author : Hugh Cortazzi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134251810

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Hugh Cortazzi - Collected Writings by Hugh Cortazzi Pdf

Special areas: biographies, history, cultural exchange, arts, business and foreign affairs.

Author : Brett L. Walker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107004184

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A Concise History of Japan by Brett L. Walker Pdf

A comprehensive and engaging new history, charting Japan's development from its origins through to the present day.

Author : Antony Best
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351105156

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British Engagement with Japan, 1854–1922 by Antony Best Pdf

This book by a leading authority on Anglo-Japanese relations reconsiders the circumstances which led to the unlikely alliance of 1902 to 1922 between Britain, the leading world power of the day and Japan, an Asian, non-European nation which had only recently emerged from self-imposed isolation. Based on extensive original research the book goes beyond existing accounts which concentrate on high politics, strategy and simple assertions about the two countries’ similarities as island empires. It brings into the picture cultural factors, particularly the ways in which Japan was portrayed in Britain, and ambivalent British attitudes to race and supposed European superiority which were overcome but remained difficulties. It charts how the relationship developed as events unfolded, including Japan’s wars against China and Russia, and in addition looks at royal diplomacy, where the Japanese Court came eventually to be treated as a respected equal. Overall, the book provides a major reassessment of this important subject.

Author : Keiko Itoh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136856983

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The Japanese Community in Pre-War Britain by Keiko Itoh Pdf

Explores the origins of the community, and compares the experience of the Japanese to that of other national groups. The book discusses the community's involvement in the arts, religion and sport; intermarriage; and the second generation, and concludes by considering the impact of deteriorating relations in the 1930s and of the Second World War.

Author : I. Nish,Y. Kibata
Publisher : Springer
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2000-02-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230598959

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The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600-2000 by I. Nish,Y. Kibata Pdf

The Political-Diplomatic Dimension, 1600-1930, consists of parallel essays by Japanese and British academic specialists covering comprehensively the history of relations between Japan and Britain from the first contacts in the seventeenth century to the present. This study, and its companion, Volume 2, demonstrates that, in the political-diplomatic sphere, while there have been periods of serious disagreement, there has been on the whole a relationship of harmony and mutual understanding.

Author : Takeshi Abe,Douglas A. Farnie,David J. Jeremy,Tetuso Nakaoka,John F. Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134630462

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Region and Strategy in Britain and Japan by Takeshi Abe,Douglas A. Farnie,David J. Jeremy,Tetuso Nakaoka,John F. Wilson Pdf

Highlighting the importance of regional and national differences in industrial development, this book is a pioneering long term comparison of the two regions of Lancashire and Kansai.

Author : Takeshi Abe,Douglas A. Farnie,David J. Jeremy,Tetuso Nakaoka,John F. Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005-07-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134630455

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Region and Strategy in Britain and Japan by Takeshi Abe,Douglas A. Farnie,David J. Jeremy,Tetuso Nakaoka,John F. Wilson Pdf

Highlighting the importance of regional and national differences in industrial development, this book is a pioneering long term comparison of the two regions of Lancashire and Kansai.

Author : Elizabeth L. Ewan,Sue Innes,Sian Reynolds,Rose Pipes
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780748626601

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Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen by Elizabeth L. Ewan,Sue Innes,Sian Reynolds,Rose Pipes Pdf

This single-volume dictionary presents the lives ofindividual Scottish women from earliest times to the present. Drawing on newscholarship and a wide network of professional and amateur historians, itthrows light on the experience of women from every class and category inScotland and among the worldwide Scottish diaspora.The BiographicalDictionary of Scottish Women is written for the general reading public andfor students of Scottish history and society. It is scholarly in itsapproach to evidence and engaging in the manner of its presentation. Eachentry makes sense of its subject in narrative terms, telling a story ratherthan simply offering information. The book is as enjoyable to read as it iseasy and valuable to consult. It is a unique and important contribution tothe history of women and Scotland.The publisher acknowledges support fromthe Scottish Arts Council and the Scottish Executive Equalities Unit towardsthe publication of this title.

Author : A. Hamish Ion
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780889207615

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The Cross and the Rising Sun by A. Hamish Ion Pdf

The influx of Protestant missionaries from Britain to Japan, Korea and Taiwan was an integral part of the British presence in East Asia from 1865 to 1945. Ion draws on both British and Japanese sources to examine the life, work and attitudes of the British missionaries, women and men, who ventured far from their homeland to preach the gospel. He explores the role played by British Protestants as both Christian missionaries and informal ambassadors of their own country and civilization. Through their educational, social and medical work the missionaries helped introduce Western ideas and social pursuits which in turn affected different facets of society and culture in Japan, Korea and Taiwan. The study illustrates how the British missionaries’ intent to introduce Christianity was affected by the response of the East Asians to Western ideas. In describing the high drama of the British missionary movement’s pioneering days in the late nineteenth century to its persecution during the late 1930s, Ion casts light on a particular, yet important, aspect of the changing tides of Anglo-Japanese relations. This book will ably complement his previous study of Canadian missionaries in East Asia during the same period. Chosen as one of the 15 outstanding books of 1993 for mission studies by the International Bulletin of Missionary Research Chosen as one of the 15 outstanding books of 1993 for mission studies by the International Bulletin of Missionary Research.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Global Oriental
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789004213166

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The Diary of Charles Holme's 1889 Visit to Japan and North America with Mrs Lasenby Liberty's Japan: A Photographic Record by Anonim Pdf

Charles Holme’s detailed record of his travels through Japan, including the homeward journey via the west coast of the US and Canada, is published here for the first time, together with all fifty plates from the original limited edition of his companion Emma Liberty’s Japan, A Pictorial Record, with commentaries – a rare archive.

Author : Roy S. Hanashiro
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9004113452

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Thomas William Kinder and the Japanese Imperial Mint, 1868-1875 by Roy S. Hanashiro Pdf

An analysis of the phenomenon of the Japanese adopting Western technology but resisting foreign domination during Meiji Japan. It is a fascinating study on the founding of the Japanese Imperial Mint, the role of its director Thomas William Kinder, the Meiji government's effort to adopt technology, but at the same time its struggle to maintain its authority at the Mint.

Author : Yu Suzuki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429755491

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Britain, Japan and China, 1876–1895 by Yu Suzuki Pdf

This book revises the conventional wisdom about the Anglo-Japanese relationship in the late nineteenth century that these two countries were bound by mutual sympathy and common interests, and therefore the common ground which led to the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1902, had already existed in the 1880s. Such understandings fail to take account of the fact that the Qing dynasty of China had emerged as the strongest regional power in East Asia by reasserting its influence as the traditional suzerain of the region in the years prior to the First Sino-Japanese War. The British and the Japanese governments clearly recognised that it would become difficult to maintain their interests in East Asia if they antagonised the Qing by challenging its claim of suzerainty over Korea. It was difficult for them to come to closer terms when their priority before 1894-5 was to maintain good relations with China, and when they were also experiencing numerous diplomatic difficulties with each other.