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Author Lehmann, Jean-Pierre, 1945-

Title The image of Japan : from feudal isolation to world power 1850-1905 / Jean-Pierre Lehmann
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (130 pages)
Series Routledge library editions. Japan ; v. 37
Routledge library editions. Japan ; v. 37.
Contents Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 The New Japan8212;Far East Or Far West? -- 2 Western Encounters With Japan8212;Enchantments And Disenchantments -- 3 The Women Of Japan-In Reality And Fantasy -- 4 Politics8212;Oriental Obscurantism To Occidental Enlightenment -- 5 Industriousness, Industry And Industrialisation -- 6 Yellow Hope8212;Yellow Peril -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliographical Note -- Index
Summary The book covers the metamorphosis from Japan's image of a feudal, exotic and romantic land inhabited by Madam Butterflies, to its sudden emergence as a geopolitical power following its defeat of Russia in 1905. More was to come. In the 1930s and 40s th
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-120) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject HISTORY.
Public opinion
SUBJECT Japan -- Foreign public opinion
Japan -- Foreign public opinion -- History
Subject Japan
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203845172
020384517X
1283038056
9781283038058
9780415564984
0415564980
004952013X
9780049520134