1st Edition
China and Japan in the Russian Imagination, 1685-1922 To the Ends of the Orient
By Susanna Soojung Lim
Copyright 2013
240 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
240 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
240 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Throughout the centuries, as Russia strove to build itself into an imperial power equal to those in the West, China and Japan came to occupy a special place in Russians’ view of the orient. Never colonised by Russia or the West, China and Japan were linked not only to the greatest of Russian imperial fantasies, but also, conversely, to a deep sense of insecurity regarding Russia’s place in the... Read more
Introduction: To the Pacific Ocean 1. From Albazin to Nagasaki: Russia’s First Contacts with China and Japan, 1685-1813 2. "Confucius on the Northern Throne": China in the Age of Catherine, 1762-1796 3. Looking at China, Thinking of Russia, 1790-1840 4. The Dawn of the Pacific Era: Russia and East Asia, 1850s-1880s 5. From Pan-Mongolism to Proto-Eurasianism, 1890-1900 6. Revolution and the Yellow Peril: 1890s-1910s Conclusion: The Continent of ASSU
Biography
Susanna Soojung Lim is an Assistant Professor in Literature at the University of Oregon, USA.
