Russia and Its Northeast Asian Neighbors - China, Japan, and Korea, 18581945

This edited collection analyzes relations between Russia and the states of Northeast Asia from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of World War II. The contributors examine various historical, cultural, and diplomatic developments and argue that Russia's influential role in Northeast Asia has often been underestimated by scholars.

List of contents

Introduction, Kimitaka Matsuzato
Explanatory Notes
Map
Chapter 1: Russia's Expansion to the Far East and Its Impact on Early Meiji Japan's Korea Policy, Shinichi Fumoto
Chapter 2: The Russian Factor Facilitating the Administrative Reform in Qing Manchuria in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, Susumu Tsukase
Chapter 3: Imperial Ambitions: Russians, Britons and the Politics of Nationality in the Chinese Customs Service, 1890-1937, Catherine Ladds
Chapter 4: Development of Trade on the Amur and the Sungari and the Customs Problem in the Last Years of the Russian Empire, Yukimura Sakon
Chapter 5: Making a Vancouver in the Far East: "The Trinity Transportation System" of the Chinese Eastern Railway, 1896-1917, Masafumi Asada
Chapter 6: Japanese-Russian Kulturkampf in the Far East, 1904-5: Organization, Methods, Ideas, Dmitrii B. Pavlov
Chapter 7: Captured or Captivated? The War against Japan (1904-5) in the Memories of Russian POWs, Andreas Renner
Chapter 8: From the Meiji Emperor's Funeral to the Taisho Emperor's Coronation: Reporting the Japanese Imperial System in the Russian Press, Yoshiro Ikeda
Chapter 9: Two Russias in Harbin: The Émigré Community and the Soviet Colony, Michiko Ikuta
Chapter 10: V. L. Kopp and Soviet Policy towards Japan after the Basic Convention of 1925:
Moscow and Tokyo's Failed "Honeymoon"?, Yaroslav Shulatov

About the author

Edited by Kimitaka Matsuzato - Contributions by Masafumi Asada; Shinichi Fumoto; Yoshiro Ikeda; Michiko Ikuta; Catherine Ladds; Kimitaka Matsuzato; Dmitrii B. Pavlov; Andreas Renner; Yukimura Sakon; Yaroslav Shulatov and Susumu Tsukase

Summary

This edited collection analyzes relations between Russia and the states of Northeast Asia from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of World War II. The contributors examine various historical, cultural, and diplomatic developments and argue that Russia’s influential role in Northeast Asia has often been underestimated by scholars.

Product details

• Authors: Kimitaka Matsuzato
• Assisted by: Kimitaka Matsuzato (Editor), Matsuzato Kimitaka (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781498537063
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3706-3
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Historiography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Historiography, East Asia, Far East, Asian History, HISTORY / Russia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Imperial