Naoko Shimazu

Japan, Race and Equality

The Racial Equality Proposal of 1919

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explores the Japanese motivations in raising the proposal for racial equality at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. Offering new insights, this is the first comprehensive analysis of an historically significant event.

Produktdetails

• Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 145mm x 227mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9780415172073
• ISBN-10: 0415172071
• Artikelnr.: 21113856

Autorenporträt

Naoko Shimazu

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Negotiating racial equality at the peace conference
Chapter 2 Domestic politics and the League of Nations
Chapter 3 Immigration and the 'diplomacy of saving face'
Chapter 4 Japan's status as a great power
Chapter 5 Australia overwhelms the British Empire delegation
Chapter 6 The American opposition
Chapter 7 Conclusions and reflections