Japanese Imperialism 1894-1945

ISBN-13: 9780198221685 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 296 str.

W. G. Beasley; William G. Beasley

Opis

Studying the development, expansion, and eventual collapse of Japanese imperialism from the Sino-Japanese war of 1894-1895 through 1945, Beasley here discusses the dynamic relationship between a successful industrial economy and the building of an empire.

Recenzje

`W. G. Beasley's fascinating, lucid, and brilliant account ... provides the best balanced explanation ever written about the complex factors that together pushed Japan to impose its power on its neighbours.' Journal of Asian Studies

Spis treści

List of maps; List of tables; Note on personal names, place-names, transliteration, and abbreviations; Introduction: explanations of imperialism; The treaty port system and Japan; Modernization and imperialism; Intervention in Korea, 1894-1895; The peace settlement with China, 1894-1896; New imperialism and the war with Russia, 1895-1905; Formal and informal empire in North-east Asia, 1905-1910; Chinese revolution and world war; Overseas trade and investment, 1895-1930; Japan's territorial dependencies, 1895-1930; The treaty port system in jeopardy, 1918-1931; The making of Manchuko, 1931-1932; Japan's new order in north-east Asia; Advance to the south; The greater east Asia co-prosperity sphere; Conclusion: the nature of Japanese imperialism; Bibliography; Index