Honored and Dishonored Guests - Westerners in Wartime Japan

Honored and Dishonored Guests chronicles Western communities in wartime Japan, using this body of experiences to reconsider allegations of Japanese racism and racial hatred. Its thesis is borne out by a mosaic of stories from dozens of foreign families and individuals, and yields a unique interpretation of race relations and wartime life in Japan.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

W. Puck Brecher is Associate Professor of Japanese History at Washington State University.

Zusammenfassung

Honored and Dishonored Guests chronicles Western communities in wartime Japan, using this body of experiences to reconsider allegations of Japanese racism and racial hatred. Its thesis is borne out by a mosaic of stories from dozens of foreign families and individuals, and yields a unique interpretation of race relations and wartime life in Japan.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: W. Puck Brecher
• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 27.08.2021
• EAN: 9780674260214
• ISBN: 978-0-674-26021-4
• Seiten: 386
• Serien: Harvard East Asian Monographs; Harvard East Asian Monographs (HUP)
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Japan, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Asian History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Social Discrimination, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General