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

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.