Trans-Pacific Relations: America, Europe, and Asia in the Twentieth Century (Perspectives on the Twentieth Century) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0275977145 ISBN 13: 9780275977146

Publisher: Praeger (UK), 2003

Synopsis

This broad-based study of Western-Asian relations considers images of and actions by the United States, along with Britain and Germany, in the course of dealings with Asian nations such as China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Other case studies focus on inter-Asian relations between Japan and Korea; China and Japan; and Thailand and Vietnam. The essays encompass a wide range of recent scholarship, including cultural, economic, demographic, and intellectual approaches to military and diplomatic themes.

Western influence, primarily American, in Asia grew consistently during the 20th century. While interaction often occurred on unequal terms, this study reveals the ability of Asians to assert their agency in the face of such immense Western power. The collection as a whole offers a window on relations across the Pacific in numerous spheres of activity over the course of one hundred years. As such, it introduces and adds to our understanding of the depth and variety of trans-Pacific relations.

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About the Author

RICHARD JENSEN is Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is the author of The Winning of the Midwest, 1888-1896 (1971) and Illinois: A Bicentenial History (1977, 2001).

JON DAVIDANN teaches history at Hawaii Pacific University. He is the author of A World of Crisis and Progress: The American YMCA in Japan, 1890-1930 (1998).

YONEYUKI SUGITA teaches American history at Osaka University of Foreign Studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Praeger (UK)
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0275977145
• ISBN 13: 9780275977146
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Richard Jensen, Jon Davidann, Yoneyuki Sugita