British Engagement with Japan, 1854-1922 Best Antony London School of Economics UK
British Engagement with Japan, 1854-1922 Best Antony London School of Economics UK This book by a leading authority on Anglo-Japanese relations reconsiders the circumstances which led to the unlikely…
Specifikacia British Engagement with Japan, 1854-1922 Best Antony London School of Economics UK
British Engagement with Japan, 1854-1922 Best Antony London School of Economics UK
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. 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. 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 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