The Cultural Dimensions of Sino-Japanese Relations: Essays on the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

by Joshua A. Fogel

Overview

Presents the perceptions that the Chinese and the Japanese have of each other, and the information that helped to fuel those perceptions. There are two sections: China in Japan, debating the Asiatic Mode of Production and kyodotai; and Japan in China, covering the Manchurian Railway.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563244438
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/31/1995
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Part 1 China in Japan; Chapter 1 On the “Rediscovery” of the Chinese Past: Cui Shu and Related Cases; Chapter 2 A New Direction in Japanese Sinology; Chapter 3 The Debates over the Asiatic Mode of Production in Soviet Russia, China, and Japan; Chapter 4 The Sino-Japanese Controversy over Shina as a Toponym for China; Part 2 Japan in China; Chapter 5 The Voyage of the Senzaimaru to Shanghai: Early Sino-Japanese Contacts in the Modern Era; Chapter 6 Confucian Pilgrim: Uno Tetsuto’s Travels in China, 1906; Chapter 7 It? Takeo and the Research Work of the South Manchurian Railway Company; Chapter 8 New Directions and Old in Chinese Japanology;

Editorial Reviews

Eight essays examine the interaction between Chinese and Japanese history in the 19th and 20th centuries. Several of the essays are corrected versions of previously published work, with the Chinese romanizations put into pinyin and new references to especially important newer work in the field added to the notes. Among the topics are the debates over the Asiatic mode of production in Soviet Russia, China, and Japan; and Ito Takeo and the research work of the South Manchurian Railway Company. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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