Japanese Racial Identities within U.S.-Japan Relations, 1853-1919

Tarik Merida

ISBN 10: 1399506900 / ISBN 13: 9781399506908

Editore: Edinburgh University Press, GB, 2024

This book retraces the process through which, at the turn of the twentieth century, the Japanese went from a racial anomaly to honorary members of the White race. It explores the interpretation of the Japanese race by Western powers, particularly the United States, during Japan's ascension as a great power between 1853 and 1919. Forced to cope with this new element in the Far East, Western nations such as the U.S. had to device a negotiation zone in which they could accommodate the Japanese and negotiate their racial identity. In this book, Tarik Merida, presents a new tool to study this process of negotiation: the Racial Middle Ground. Codice articolo LU-9781399506908

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This book retraces the process through which, at the turn of the twentieth century, the Japanese went from a racial anomaly to honorary members of the White race. It explores the interpretation of the Japanese race by Western powers, particularly the United States, during Japan’s ascension as a great power between 1853 and 1919. Forced to cope with this new element in the Far East, Western nations such as the U.S. had to device a negotiation zone in which they could accommodate the Japanese and negotiate their racial identity. In this book, Tarik Merida, presents a new tool to study this process of negotiation: the Racial Middle Ground.

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Titolo: Japanese Racial Identities within U.S.-Japan...
Casa editrice: Edinburgh University Press, GB
Data di pubblicazione: 2024
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: New