03384nam 2200661 450 991046363830332120200520144314.00-7735-9683-6(CKB)2670000000578437(SSID)ssj0001455270(PQKBManifestationID)11820797(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001455270(PQKBWorkID)11411299(PQKB)10044641(CEL)447709(OCoLC)1055364882(OCoLC)881860180(OCoLC)900244282(OCoLC)900886139(OCoLC)961565626(OCoLC)962660417(OCoLC)1037623511(CaBNVSL)slc00235401(OCoLC)900244282(MiAaPQ)EBC3332834(Au-PeEL)EBL3332834(CaPaEBR)ebr10993863(CaONFJC)MIL665486(OCoLC)881860180(EXLCZ)99267000000057843720141218h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrFrom white to yellow the Japanese in European racial thought, 1300-1735 /Rotem KownerMontréal, Québec :McGill-Queen's University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (xxv, 678 pages) illustrationsMcGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas ;630-7735-4454-2 1-322-34204-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Phase One. Speculation : Pre-Encounter Knowledge of the Japanese (1300-1543). 1. The emergence of "Cipangu" and its precursory ethnography ; 2. The "Cipanguese" at the opening of the age of discovery --Phase Two. Observation : A Burgeoning Discourse of Initial Encounters (1543-1640). 3. Initial observations of the Japanese ; 4. The Japanese position in contemporary hierarchies ; 5. Concrete mirrors of a new human order ; 6. "Race" and its cognitive limits during the phase of observation --Phase Three. Reconsideration : Antecendents of a Mature Discourse (1640-1735). 7. Dutch reappraisal of the Japanese body and origins ; 8. Power, status, and the Japanese position in the global order ; 9. In search of a new taxonomy : botany, medicine, and the Japanese ; 10. "Race" and its perceptual limits during the phase of reconsideration -- Conclusion : The discourse of race in early modern Europe and the Japanese case.When Europeans landed in Japan they encountered people they perceived as white-skinned and highly civilized, but these impressions did not endure. Gradually the Europeans' positive impressions faded away and Japanese were seen as yellow-skinned and relatively inferior. This book traces racial roots of the modern clash between Japan and the West.McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ;63.RaceSocial aspectsEuropeHistoryPublic opinionEuropeHistoryJapanForeign public opinion, EuropeanHistoryElectronic books.RaceSocial aspectsHistory.Public opinionHistory.305.8956Kowner Rotem876675MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463638303321From white to yellow2250237UNINA