Asia for the Asians [[electronic resource] ] : China in the lives of five Meiji Japanese / / Paula S. Harrell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823320303321
• Autore: Harrell Paula <1939->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Portland, ME, : MerwinAsia; [Honolulu, Hawai'i], : Distributed by the University of Hawai'i Press, c2012
• ISBN: 1-937385-37-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (426 p.)
• Collana: A study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
• Disciplina: 951.033
• Soggetti: Japanese - China - History - 19th century; Japanese - China - History - 20th century; Japan Relations China; China Relations Japan; Japan Foreign relations China; China Foreign relations Japan; China Foreign public opinion, Japanese; Japan History Meiji period, 1868-1912
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""AFA_Front Cover""; ""Asia for the Asians""; ""About Weatherhead East Asian Institute""; ""ASIA for the ASIANS - Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction - On the Merits of Reading History Forward""; ""The History of the History Problem ""; ""History Is Just History""; ""Reading History Forward ""; ""Chapter I - Konoe Atsumaro and the Case for Chinese-Japanese Collaboration""; ""Education of a Prince ""; ""The Old Aristocracy in a New Public Role ""; ""Women's Education: Training Good Wives, Wise Mothers""; ""The Politics of Educational Policy """"Asia for the Asians ""; ""Taking Measure of the World ""; ""China Realities ""; ""Projects Ventured, Progress Deferred ""; ""New Initiatives: Training Chinese Men, Mobilizing Japanese Women ""; ""Saving China ""; ""Chapter II - Hattori Unokichi: Lessons from Beijing""; ""A China Scholar for a New Age ""; ; ""Encountering the Real China ""; ""Siege of the Legations ""; ""Back to Beijing: Advising on Post-Boxer Reform ""; ""Chapter III - Meiji Japan's New Woman on Mission in China: Kawahara Misako in Shanghai and Karachin""; ""Little Shimoda """"Mission to Shanghai ""; ""Mission to Karachin ""; ""Following in Kawahara's Footsteps ""; ""Karachin Apart in Time and Space ""; ""Chapter IV - Kawashima Naniwa: Japan/Myself as Number One""; ""To China in Defiance ""; ""In the Right Place at the Right Time with the Right Skills ""; ""Possibilities and Limits of Friendship ""; ""Kawashima, Prince Su, and the Politics of Manchu Separatism ""; ""Reflections of an Old China Hand ""; ""Chapter V - Ariga Nagao and Japan's Internationalism ""; ""The Making of an Internationalist ""; ""Lessons from the Battlefield ""; ""Gaiko Jiho: Creating a Public Voice in Foreign Relations """"Giving Peace a Try ""; ""A Necessary War? ""; ""The China Factor ""; ""China Bound ""; ""Reversal of Fortunes ""; ""Final Accounting ""; ""Conclusion - Making Sense of It All ""; ""Reorienting Japan ""; ""Why Did China Beckon? Why Did They Go? ""; ""Taking Stock: The Prospects and Limits of Partnership ""; ""Notes""; ""Notes to Introduction ""; ""Notes to Chapter I ""; ""Notes to Chapter 2 ""; ""Notes to Chapter 3 ""; ""Notes to Chapter 4 ""; ""Notes to Chapter 5 ""; ""Notes to Conclusion ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index""; ""About the Author """"Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Columbia University""; ""AFA_Back Cover""