Asia and the Great War : a shared history / / Guoqi Xu

• Autore: Xu Guoqi <1962->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 pages)
• Disciplina: 940.35
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1914-1918 - East Asia
• Soggetto geografico: East Asia Politics and government 20th century
• Note generali: This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Asia and the Great War; Copyright; Dedication; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; The Great War Echoes Through Asia Today; KEY THEMES; CHAPTER SKETCHES: ASIAN INVOLVEMENTS AND THE SHARED JOURNEY; Part I: The Great War as Shared History in China and Japan; 1: The Great War Comes to Asia, 1895-1914: From Shimonoseki to Qingdao; The War before the War; China's Destiny and the 1894-5 War; Japan's Road to the Great War; The Fighting in Qingdao; 2: The Great War in China andJapan, 1915-18; China's War Strategies and Japan's; Twenty-one Demands. China's "Laborers-as-Soldiers" Strategy; China's Broader Involvement; Japan's Great War and ModernTransformation; Part II: Empires at War: The Great War and Transformations in the National Development of India, Korea, and Vietnam; 3: India's Great War and National Awakening; Indiaś Induction into the Great War; The Situation in Europe; Indians in France and their Contributions; The Great War and Indian Nationalism; The Indians Come to Paris; 4: Colonial Vietnam and the War; Vietnamese Society and the Great War; The Vietnamese in France; Ho Chi-minh and the Paris Peace Conference. 5: Koreans: From the March First Movement to the Paris Peace Conference; Korea under Japanese Control and the Rise of Korean Nationalism; The March First Movement; The Paris Peace Conference and Korea; Part III: The Chinese and Japanese Roles: High Expectations and Grave Disappointments; 6: China and Japan at Paris: Old Rivalries in a New World; Japan's Objectives; Chinese Objectives; Chinese Disillusionment with the West and the May Fourth Movement; Japanese Disappointments; 7: The Japanese Dream of Racial Equality; The Push Within; The Proposal; The Responses; The Disappointment. Part IV: Toward a New Asia and World?; 8: Asia Rethinks Its Relation to the World; The Great War and Western Civilization; New Thinking in Japan; The Nationalist Origins of Asianism; Asianism from Ideology to Policy; Evolving Expectations in China; The Journey of Liang Qichao; "Asianism" in China; Indian Takes on Asianism; Rabindranath Tagore's Asianism; Indian Pan-Islamism and Pan-Asianism; Toward a Conclusion; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: There is no single volume that shines a light on Asia's collective involvement in the First World War, and the impact that war had on its societies. Moreover, no volume in any language explores the experiences Asian countries shared as they became embroiled, with divergent results, in the war and its repercussions. 'Asia and the Great War' moves beyond the national or even international level by presenting a 'shared' history from non-national and transnational perspectives. Asian involvements make the Great War not only a true 'world' war but also a 'great' war. The war generated forces that would transform Asia both internally and externally.
• Titolo autorizzato: Asia and the great war
• ISBN: 0-19-183086-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157788103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Greater war.