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Trans-Pacific Relations America, Europe, and Asia in the Twentieth Century
Richard Jensen, Jon Davidann, Yoneyuki Sugita, ed.
ISBN: 0-275-97714-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97714-6
320 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 1/30/2003
List Price: $86.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The United States and the West in Asia in the Twentieth Century: The Growth and Limits of Power by Jon Davidann
    The West Turns to Asia: The United States, Europe, Japan, and China, 1880 to WWII
    The Rise of an American Principle in China: A Reinterpretation of the First Open Door Notes Toward China by Yone Sugita
    Citadels of Civilization: U.S. and Japanese Visions of World Order in the Interwar Period by Jon Davidann
    U.S. and German Military and Naval Attaches in Japan, 1931-1939 by William Voss
    Struggle for National Survival: Eugenics in the Second Sino-Japanese War and Population Policies by Juliette Chung
    American Entrenchment in Asia: World War II, Occupation, and Neo-Colonialism
    The Pacific War: An Interpretation by Mark Parillo
    Japanese and American Images of Koreans: A Tale of Two Occupations by Mark Caprio
    American Military Bases in the Philippines, 1945-1965: Neo-Colonialism and Its Demise by Julian Madison
    The Limits of Power: The U.S. in Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand in the Cold War
    The Korean War: An Interpretive History by Stanley Sandler
    Victory and Defeat in the Vietnam War by Richard Jensen
    The Vietnam War, Thailand, and the United States by Arne Kislenko
    Orbiting the Western Sun: The Western Impact in Japan and China
    America and the Japanese Miracle: The Economic Nexus, 1945-2000 by Aaron Forsberg
    China and the Dissipation of Moral Authority: China Looks West after Mao by Jennifer Hubbert
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.
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