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Description edit
This book examines the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-5, a significant event in world history virtually ignored in Western literature. Japan so rapidly defeated China that citizens of Europe suddenly perceived Japan, not only as the dominant power of Asia, but also as a key international player.... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Li Hongzhang: Add a description of this character.
- Kim Ok-kyun
- Mutsu Munemitsu
- Eckert
- King Kojong
- Beasley
- Yamada
- Kuo
- Vladimir
- Tyler
- Lee
- Eastlake
- Peattie
- Du Boulay
- Folsom
- Lew
- Ballard
- Rawlinson
- Yamagata
- Corea
- Nish
- Weihaiwei
- Liu
- Marius B. Jansen
- Li Hung-chang
- Henry Norman
- Akagi
- Pyle
- Allen Fung
- Conroy
- Powell
- John K. Fairbank
- Hirobumi
- Boulais
- James Creelman
- Chu
- Chien
- Djang
- Campbell
- Viceroy Li
- J. Morris
Setting & Locations edit
- Modern Japan
- North-china Herald
- Koreans
- Yokohama
- Shanghai
- Russia
- Peking
- London
- Far East
- New York
- Asia
- Europe
- Tokyo
- Seoul
- United States
- Great Britain
- France
- Cambridge
- Taiwan
- Port Arthur
- Paris
- Moscow
- Tianjin
- Germany
- England
- Modern China
- Tientsin
- Mukden
- Beiyang Squadron
- Tokugawa
- Berlin
- Princeton
- Xinjiang
- Confucianism
- America
- Hiroshima
- Berkeley
- Niuzhuang
- Hong Kong
- Shimonoseki
- Kowshing
- Haicheng
- Pusan
First Sentence edit
Japan has leaped, almost at one bound, to a place among the great nations of the earth.
Table of Contents edit
Part I. The Clash of Two Orders: The Far East on the Eve of War
1. The reversal of the Far Eastern balance of power
2. The decline of the old order in China and Korea
3. The rise of a new order in Russia and Japan
Part II. The War: The Dividing Line between Two Eras
4. The beginning of the end: the outbreak of hostilities
5. Japan triumphant: the battles of P'yongyang and the Yalu
6. China in disgrace: the battles of Port Arthur and the Weihaiwei
Part III. The Settlement: The Modern Era in Far Eastern Diplomacy
7. The treaty of Shimonoseki and the Triple Intervention
8. The era of global politics
9. The cultural dimensions of the Sino-Japanese War
Epilogue: perceptions, power, and war
Bibliographic essay
Authors & Contributors edit
- S. C. M. Paine (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country: UK & USA
Publication Date: November 2002
ISBN: 9780521817141
Page Count: 428
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country: UK & USA
Publication Date: November 2002
ISBN: 9780521817141
Page Count: 428
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 951.035
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