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The abacus and the sword : the Japanese penetration of Korea, 1895-1910 / Peter Duus

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley: University of California Press, c1998Description: xiv, 480 pages : illustrations ; 23cmISBN:
  • 9780520213616
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • REF 951.902 D95
Contents:
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: The Origins of Meiji Imperialism PART ONE 1. The Korean Question, 1876-1894 2. The Failed Protectorate, 1894-1895 3. Japanese Power in Limbo, 1895-1898 4. The Race for Concessions, 1895-1901 5. Toward the Protectorate, 1901-1905 6. The Politics of the Protectorate, 1905-1910 PART TWO 7. Capturing the Market Japanese Trade in Korea 8. Dreams of Brocade Migration to Korea 9. Strangers in a Strange Land The Settler Community 10. The Korean Land Grab Agriculture and Land Aquisition 11. Defining the Koreans Images of Domination Conclusion: Mimesis and Dependence Bibliography Index
Summary: A study of Japan's acquisition of Korea. It shows how Japan's drive for empire was part of a larger goal to become the economic, diplomatic, and strategic equal of the Western countries who had imposed a humiliating treaty settlement on the country in the 1850s.
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DONATION LAPULAPU-CEBU INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE REFERENCE SECTION REF 951.902 D95 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: The Origins of Meiji Imperialism PART ONE 1. The Korean Question, 1876-1894 2. The Failed Protectorate, 1894-1895 3. Japanese Power in Limbo, 1895-1898 4. The Race for Concessions, 1895-1901 5. Toward the Protectorate, 1901-1905 6. The Politics of the Protectorate, 1905-1910 PART TWO 7. Capturing the Market Japanese Trade in Korea 8. Dreams of Brocade Migration to Korea 9. Strangers in a Strange Land The Settler Community 10. The Korean Land Grab Agriculture and Land Aquisition 11. Defining the Koreans Images of Domination Conclusion: Mimesis and Dependence Bibliography Index

A study of Japan's acquisition of Korea. It shows how Japan's drive for empire was part of a larger goal to become the economic, diplomatic, and strategic equal of the Western countries who had imposed a humiliating treaty settlement on the country in the 1850s.

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