Negotiating with Imperialism

Negotiating with Imperialism
Author: Michael R. Auslin
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2009-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780674020313

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Japan's modern international history began in 1858 with the signing of the 'unequal' commercial treaty with the US. Over the next 15 years, Japanese diplomacy was reshaped in response to the Western imperialist challenge. This book explains the emergence of modern Japan through early treaty relations.

Japan Comes of Age

Japan Comes of Age
Author: Louis G. Perez
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780838638040

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In the sweltering summer of 1894 Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu knelt before the Japanese emperor Meiji to report that Japan's "long nightmare" was over at last. After forty years of humiliation, Japan was ridding itself of the hateful "Unequal Treaties." These treaties had been imposed upon a politically divided and militarily weakened nation by powerful mercantilist Western nations in mid-century. The treaties had hindered Japan's economic development because of discriminatory tariff restrictions, they had poisoned Japan's foreign relations, and they had truncated its legal sovereignty by virtue of extraterritoriality. The final six months of negotiations are carefully examined, employing Mutsu's extensive personal and official correspondence as well as telegrams and secret British and Japanese documents.

International Law and Japanese Sovereignty

International Law and Japanese Sovereignty
Author: Douglas Howland
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2016-11-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137567775

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How does a nation become a great power? A global order was emerging in the nineteenth century, one in which all nations were included. This book explores the multiple legal grounds of Meiji Japan's assertion of sovereign statehood within that order: natural law, treaty law, international administrative law, and the laws of war. Contrary to arguments that Japan was victimized by 'unequal' treaties, or that Japan was required to meet a 'standard of civilization' before it could participate in international society, Howland argues that the Westernizing Japanese state was a player from the start. In the midst of contradictions between law and imperialism, Japan expressed state will and legal acumen as an equal of the Western powers – international incidents in Japanese waters, disputes with foreign powers on Japanese territory, and the prosecution of interstate war. As a member of international administrative unions, Japan worked with fellow members to manage technical systems such as the telegraph and the post. As a member of organizations such as the International Law Association and as a leader at the Hague Peace Conferences, Japan helped to expand international law. By 1907, Japan was the first non-western state to join the ranks of the great powers.

Routledge Handbook of Modern Japanese History

Routledge Handbook of Modern Japanese History
Author: Sven Saaler
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 700
Release: 2017-10-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317599039

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The Routledge Handbook of Modern Japanese History is a concise overview of modern Japanese history from the middle of the nineteenth century until the end of the twentieth century. Written by a group of international historians, each an authority in his or her field, the book covers modern Japanese history in an accessible yet comprehensive manner. The subjects featured in the book range from the development of the political system and matters of international relations, to social and economic history and gender issues, to post-war discussions about modern Japan’s historical trajectory and its wartime past. Divided into thematic parts, the sections include: Nation, empire and borders Ideologies and the political system Economy and society Historical legacies and memory Each chapter outlines important historiographical debates and controversies, summarizes the latest developments in the field, and identifies research topics that have not yet received sufficient scholarly attention. As such, the book will be useful to students and scholars of Japanese history, Asian history and Asian Studies.

Demarcating Japan

Demarcating Japan
Author: TAKAHIRO. YAMAMOTO
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2023-01-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1684176719

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"In modern Japan's formative years, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, Tsushima, the Bonin Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands became the subject of inter-imperial negotiations, where empires nudged each other to secure their status with minimal costs rather than fighting a territorial scramble. Demarcating Japan argues that the transformation of border islands should be understood in as an interconnected process, where inter-local referencing played a key role in the outcome-Japan's geographical expansion in the face of domineering extra-Asian empires"--

The Oxford Handbook of the Ends of Empire

The Oxford Handbook of the Ends of Empire
Author: Martin Thomas
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks
Total Pages: 801
Release: 2019-02-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0198713193

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This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online.

The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895

The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895
Author: S. C. M. Paine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521817141

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Constitutional Foundings in Northeast Asia

Constitutional Foundings in Northeast Asia
Author: Kevin YL Tan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2021-12-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1509940197

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This new book in the Constitutionalism in Asia series considers the idea of origins, and of change and continuity in terms of 'constitution-making', which is an on-going process in the Northeast Asian states. The book examines the drafting, nature, core values, and roles of the first modern constitutions during the founding of the 8 modern states/territories in Northeast Asia: China (1949), Taiwan (1947), Hong Kong SAR (1997), Macau SAR (1999), Japan (1889), North Korea (1948 and 1972), South Korea (1948), and Mongolia (1924). The collection provides: - an exploratory description of the process and substantive inputs in the making of the first constitutions of these nations/territories; - analysis of the internal and external (including intra-regional) forces surrounding the making of these constitutions; and - theoretical construction of models to conceptualise the nature and role of the first constitutions (including constituent documents) in the founding of the modern nation-states/territories and their subsequent impact on state-building in the region.