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Zusatztext `W. G. Beasley's fascinating! lucid! and brilliant account ... provides the best balanced explanation ever written about the complex factors that together pushed Japan to impose its power on its neighbours.'Journal of Asian Studies Klappentext Studying the development, expansion, and eventual collapse of Japanese imperialism from the Sino-Japanese war of 1894-1895 through 1945, Beasley here discusses the dynamic relationship between a successful industrial economy and the building of an empire. Zusammenfassung A study of the origins and nature of Japanese imperialism from the Sino-Japanese War until its collapse following World War II. The author describes how Japan's aims were influenced by growing industrialization and its experience of Western imperialism. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps; List of tables; Note on personal names, place-names, transliteration, and abbreviations; Introduction: explanations of imperialism; The treaty port system and Japan; Modernization and imperialism; Intervention in Korea, 1894-1895; The peace settlement with China, 1894-1896; New imperialism and the war with Russia, 1895-1905; Formal and informal empire in North-east Asia, 1905-1910; Chinese revolution and world war; Overseas trade and investment,1895-1930; Japan's territorial dependencies, 1895-1930; The treaty port system in jeopardy, 1918-1931; The making of Manchuko, 1931-1932; Japan's new order in north-east Asia; Advance to the south; The greater east Asia co-prosperity sphere; Conclusion: the nature of Japanese imperialism; Bibliography;Index
