Competing Imperialisms In Northeast Asia

Author : Aglaia De Angeli,Peter Robinson,Peter O’Connor,Emma Reisz,Tsuchiya Reiko
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000957778

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Competing Imperialisms in Northeast Asia by Aglaia De Angeli,Peter Robinson,Peter O’Connor,Emma Reisz,Tsuchiya Reiko Pdf

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Japan, China, and both Tsarist Russia and later the USSR, vied for imperial dominance in Northeast Asia. In the process, they contested and at the same time adopted many of the physical and rhetorical features of Old-World imperialism, mitigated by domestic political forces and deeply ingrained cultural and historical values. With chapters written by scholars from Europe and Asia, including Russia, this collection offers new international and interdisciplinary perspectives on competitions between imperialisms in Northeast Asia in the period 1894–1953, exploring encounters between old rivals and new protagonists. Bringing together specialists from different disciplines and drawing on newly discovered and hard-to-access sources, it presents a uniquely comparative and holistic perspective on the symbiotic relationships between these regional powers and resistance to them. The contributors focus on four key areas: ideology, rivalry and territoriality, social factors, and visual representations. A valuable resource for students and scholars of modern Northeast Asian history, and highly pertinent to understanding the imperial posturing between some of the same protagonists today.

Author : Robert Bickers,Christian Henriot
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2000-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0719056047

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New Frontiers by Robert Bickers,Christian Henriot Pdf

In the new world order mapped out by Japanese and Western imperialism in East Asia after the mid-nineteenth century opium wars, communities of merchants and settlers took root in China and Korea. New identities were constructed, new modes of collaboration formed and new boundaries between the indigenous and foreign communities were literally and figuratively established. Newly available in paperback, this pioneering and comparative study of Western and Japanese imperialism examines European, American and Japanese communities in China and Korea, and challenges received notions of agency and collaboration by also looking at the roles in China of British and Japanese colonial subjects from Korea, Taiwan and India, and at Chinese Christians and White Russian refugees. This volume will be of interest to students and scholars of the history and anthropology of imperialism, colonialism's culture and East Asian history, as well as contemporary Asian affairs.

Author : Robert Eskildsen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9789811334801

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Transforming Empire in Japan and East Asia by Robert Eskildsen Pdf

​This book examines the history of a military expedition the Japanese government sent to southern Taiwan in 1874, in the context of Japan’s subordination to Western powers in the unequal treaty system in East Asia. It argues that events on the ground in Taiwan show the Japanese government intended to establish colonies in southern and eastern Taiwan, and justified its colonial intent based on the argument that a state must spread civilization and political authority to territories where it claimed sovereignty, thereby challenging Chinese authority in East Asia and consolidating its power domestically. The book considers the history of the Taiwan Expedition in the light of how Japanese imperialism began: it emerged as part of the process of consolidating government power after the Meiji Restoration, it derived from Western imperialism, it developed in a dynamic relationship with Western imperialism and it increased Japan’s leverage in its competition for influence in East Asia.

Author : Nicholas Tarling
Publisher : New Zealand Asia Institute University of Auckland
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Asia
ISBN : UOM:39015067704083

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Imperialism in Asia by Nicholas Tarling Pdf

A discussion on the definition of 'Imperialsim' and how it is situated in Asia both by area and by time. A resource for students to consider options for the term 'Imperialism' and to appraise its often unqualified use in domestic and international politics in more recent times.

Author : Jon Halliday,Gavan McCormack
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Imperialism
ISBN : OCLC:893236819

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Japanese Imperialism Today by Jon Halliday,Gavan McCormack Pdf

Author : Ian Copland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015055112133

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Europe's Great Game by Ian Copland Pdf

This Study Takes A Provocative Look At One Of The Most Important And Emotive Themes In Modern History: Th Occupation And Transformation By European Power Of Large Parts Of The Non-Western World. Focusing On Asia, The Scene Of Imperialism`S Greatest Triumphs And Most Dismal Failures, This Volume Explores, Amongst Others, The Following Topics: The Mainsprings Of Western Expansion Overseas; Western Images In Asia; Pacification And Resistance; Coloured Administration; And The Financial And Political Benefits Which Europe Derived From Its `Great Game`.

Author : M. Kim,B. Schwartz
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1349314854

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Northeast Asia’s Difficult Past by M. Kim,B. Schwartz Pdf

The problem of memory in China, Japan and Korea involves a surfeit rather than a deficit of memory, and the consequence of this excess is negative: unforgettable traumas prevent nations from coming to terms with the problems of the present. These compelling essays enrich Western scholarship by applying to it insights derived from Asian settings.

Author : Colin Mackerras
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : East Asia
ISBN : 0582801656

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Imperialism, Colonialism & Nationalism in East Asia by Colin Mackerras Pdf

Late Quing dynasty : Nationalism and imperialism during the republic - Imperialism in Hong Kong - Nationalism and imperialism in Vietnam - Korea, 1850-1945 - Japan, 1861-1931 - Japan, active nationalism to the present.

Author : Ryuji Hattori
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781003852162

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Japanese Diplomacy and East Asian International Politics, 1918–1931 by Ryuji Hattori Pdf

This book provides an overall picture of East Asian international politics during the early interwar period and examines the various foreign policy trends of the major powers involved, including Japan, China, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Based on extensive original research, it posits that East Asia experienced four waves of international change during the interwar period: the transition to the post-World War I international order; the appearance of Nationalist China and the Soviet Union as actors in East Asian international politics; the Japanese invasion of Manchuria; and Japanese implementation of the North China Buffer State Strategy. It considers the new challenges brought about by each of these waves, how the powers – particularly Japan, Britain, and the United States – were able to meet these challenges by working together, and how this became more difficult as time went on. It argues that the Washington System – the international order established at the 1921–1922 Washington Naval Conference – was not a break with the past, as is frequently argued, on account of new forms of foreign policy, including the ideological approaches of the United States and the Soviet Union, but that rather spheres of influence diplomacy continued as before. In addition, in discussing Japanese foreign policy, the book provides a comprehensive picture of the diversity of views towards China among Japanese actors and the ways these shifted over time. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

Author : Thum Ping Tjin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000962444

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Nationalism and Decolonisation in Singapore by Thum Ping Tjin Pdf

Nationalism and Decolonisation in Singapore analyses Singapore’s decolonisation movement between 1953 and 1963 and provides a framework to understand the deepest and most important unresolved conflicts in Singaporean society. This book demonstrates how these conflicts stem from four unresolved schisms dating from the decolonisation period: race, class, language, and the meaning of self-determination. The author argues that these schisms drove the events of decolonisation, the creation of Malaysia, and Singapore’s separation and continue to actively shape Singapore today. Using contemporary English- and Chinese-language sources from a wide array of perspectives, as well as numerous declassified official documents, this book provides a new approach to the most formative period of Singapore history. It explains in detail the different ideologies, institutions, and conflicts which shaped Singaporean politics and society during decolonisation. In particular, the book focuses on the leaders of the main groups which most heavily influenced Singapore’s anti-colonial nationalism – the Chinesespeaking, the working class, and left-wing intellectuals. It looks at Singapore in the context of global movements of nationalism, socialism, and decolonisation and provides a framework which can offer insight into similar attempts by postcolonial governments to construct new nation-states from plural societies. A novel study of Singapore’s independence struggle that incorporates and analyses multiple linguistic, socioeconomic, and political viewpoints, the book will be of interest to researchers of Southeast Asian history and politics and those interested in decolonisation, nationalism, identity, and the politics of race, class, and language.

Author : Kah Seng Loh,Li Yang Hsu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000999563

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Pandemics in Singapore, 1819–2022 by Kah Seng Loh,Li Yang Hsu Pdf

Singapore has faced many pandemics over the centuries, from plague, smallpox and cholera to influenza and novel coronaviruses. By examining how different governments responded, this book considers what we can learn from their experiences. Public health strategies in the city-state were often affected by issues of ethnicity and class, as well as failure to take heed of key learnings from previous outbreaks. Pandemics are a recurrent and normal feature of the human experience. Alongside medical innovation and evidence-based policymaking, the study of history is also crucial in preparing for future pandemics.

Author : Christian Galan,Harald Salomon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003830030

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Histories of Children and Childhood in Meiji Japan by Christian Galan,Harald Salomon Pdf

This book bridges the gap between historical research on Japan and the field of childhood history by writing children and childhood into the general historical record of the Meiji period. To explore the widely varying circumstances of childhood during the Japanese transition to modernity, the volume presents survey studies and “snapshots” of historical moments by authors from Europe, Japan, and North America. These histories of children and childhood address various thematic aspects, from birth and child-rearing to the representation of childhood in literary works, and these are approached from differing angles, in terms of theoretical perspectives and methodology. The contributions display a particular awareness for the problem of sources in writing the history of childhood and youth. In doing so, they provide precious insights into children’s living circumstances and notions of childhood, also beyond the urban centres of evolving modern Japan. Exploring a wealth of sources including autobiographies, educational essays, government documents, children’s literature, youth journals and medical manuals, this will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of Japanese history, children's studies, the history of education, and social policy more broadly.

Author : Peter K. Frost
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781040004395

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Nation Building in Japan, 1945–1952 by Peter K. Frost Pdf

This book analyzes the Allied Occupation of Japan (1945–1952). It begins by explaining why Japan spent roughly fifty years building its own colonial system and declaring war on China and the Western Allies, only to decide after military defeats, two atomic bombings and the Soviet declaration of war, to surrender before being invaded. It goes on to describe the controversial issues surrounding the conduct of the Occupation forces, the largely American reform proposals and the shifts in policy as the Cold War developed. Particular emphasis is placed on women’s issues, the Japanese and American reactions to President Truman’s decision to fire General Douglas MacArthur, the tensions surrounding the requirement that the Japanese allow US military bases to stay in Japan and the still ongoing debate over the American decision to drop two atomic bombs on Japan. Despite all this, the book concludes that particularly when compared with later Allied nation building efforts in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq and the current state of US politics, the Occupation experience was, on the whole, a relatively positive one for both the Japanese and the US-Japan alliance.

Author : Ian Bowers
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781003851769

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Coalition Navies during the Korean War by Ian Bowers Pdf

This book presents a detailed assessment of the role of navies in the Korean War. It highlights that, despite being predominantly a land war, navies played a vital part. Moreover, the naval war was not solely a U.S. operation. Smaller navies from many countries made important contributions both in supporting the United States and carrying out independent and combined naval operations. This subject holds special importance since current Western strategic thinking and capabilities emphasise the necessity of combined naval operations involving multiple navies in any potential future naval conflict. The example set by the Korean War therefore offers valuable insights into the operational and strategic problems, and benefits and opportunities of contemporary and future combined coalition naval operations.

Author : Norman Smith
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0774832916

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Empire and Environment in the Making of Manchuria by Norman Smith Pdf

For centuries, some of the world’s largest empires fought for sovereignty over the resources of Northeast Asia. This compelling analysis of the region’s environmental history examines the interplay of climate and competing imperial interests in a vibrant – and violent – cultural narrative. Families that settled this borderland reaped its riches while at the mercy of an unforgiving and hotly contested landscape. As China’s strength as a world leader continues to grow, this volume invites exploration of the indelible links between empire and environment – and shows how the geopolitical future of this global economic powerhouse is rooted in its past.