Trans-Pacific Relations (eBook, PDF)

America, Europe, and Asia in the Twentieth Century
Redaktion: Jensen, Richard; Sugita, Yoneyuki; Davidann, Jon

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Produktbeschreibung

This broad-based study of Western-Asian relations considers images of and actions by the United States, along with Britain and Germany, in the course of dealings with Asian nations such as China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Other case studies focus on inter-Asian relations between Japan and Korea; China and Japan; and Thailand and Vietnam. The essays encompass a wide range of recent scholarship, including cultural, economic, demographic, and intellectual approaches to military and diplomatic themes.

Western influence, primarily American, in Asia grew consistently during the 20th century. While interaction often occurred on unequal terms, this study reveals the ability of Asians to assert their agency in the face of such immense Western power. The collection as a whole offers a window on relations across the Pacific in numerous spheres of activity over the course of one hundred years. As such, it introduces and adds to our understanding of the depth and variety of trans-Pacific relations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313013232
• Artikelnr.: 37817317

Autorenporträt

RICHARD JENSEN is Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is the author of The Winning of the Midwest, 1888-1896 (1971) and Illinois: A Bicentenial History (1977, 2001). JON DAVIDANN teaches history at Hawaii Pacific University. He is the author of A World of Crisis and Progress: The American YMCA in Japan, 1890-1930 (1998). YONEYUKI SUGITA teaches American history at Osaka University of Foreign Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The United States and the West in Asia in the Twentieth
Century: The Growth and Limits of Power by Jon Davidann The West Turns to
Asia: The United States, Europe, Japan, and China, 1880 to WWII The Rise of
an American Principle in China: A Reinterpretation of the First Open Door
Notes Toward China by Yone Sugita Citadels of Civilization: U.S. and
Japanese Visions of World Order in the Interwar Period by Jon Davidann U.S.
and German Military and Naval Attaches in Japan, 1931-1939 by William Voss
Struggle for National Survival: Eugenics in the Second Sino-Japanese War
and Population Policies by Juliette Chung American Entrenchment in Asia:
World War II, Occupation, and Neo-Colonialism The Pacific War: An
Interpretation by Mark Parillo Japanese and American Images of Koreans: A
Tale of Two Occupations by Mark Caprio American Military Bases in the
Philippines, 1945-1965: Neo-Colonialism and Its Demise by Julian Madison
The Limits of Power: The U.S. in Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand in the Cold
War The Korean War: An Interpretive History by Stanley Sandler Victory and
Defeat in the Vietnam War by Richard Jensen The Vietnam War, Thailand, and
the United States by Arne Kislenko Orbiting the Western Sun: The Western
Impact in Japan and China America and the Japanese Miracle: The Economic
Nexus, 1945-2000 by Aaron Forsberg China and the Dissipation of Moral
Authority: China Looks West after Mao by Jennifer Hubbert