1st Edition
The Image of Japan From Feudal Isolation to World Power 1850-1905
By Jean-Pierre Lehmann
Copyright 1978
224 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Japan's image has experienced numerous transmutations. 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 the image of the kamikaze vividly illustrated the fanaticism and barbarity associated with... Read more
1. The New Japan – Far East or Far West? 2. Western Encounters with Japan – Enchantments and Disenchantments 3.The Women of Japan – In Reality and Fantasy 4. Politics – Oriental Obscurantism to Occidental Enlightenment 5. Industriousness, Industry and Industrialisation 6. Yellow Hope – Yellow Peril Appendix. Notes. Bibliographical Note.
Biography
Jean-Pierre Lehmann
