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Culture Shock and Japanese-American Relations: Historical Essays, Asada, Sadao,

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ISBN
9780826219534

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Missouri Press
ISBN-10
0826219535
ISBN-13
9780826219534
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109008904

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
304 Pages
Publication Name
Culture Shock and Japanese-American Relations : Historical Essays
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Subject
Military / Nuclear Warfare, Discrimination & Race Relations, Sociology / General, International Relations / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, World, United States / General
Type
Textbook
Author
Sadao Asada
Subject Area
Political Science, Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
College Freshman
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
303.48/2520730904
Synopsis
Ever since Commodore Perry sailed into Uraga Channel, relations between the United States and Japan have been characterized by culture shock. Now a distinguished Japanese historian critically analyzes contemporary thought, public opinion, and behavior in the two countries over the course of the twentieth century, offering a binational perspective on culture shock as it has affected their relations. In these essays, Sadao Asada examines the historical interaction between these two countries from 1890 to 2006, focusing on naval strategy, transpacific racism, and the atomic bomb controversy. For each topic, he offers a rigorous analysis of both American and Japanese perceptions, showing how cultural relations and the interchange of ideas have been complex--and occasionally destructive., Ever since Commodore Perry sailed into Uraga Channel, relations between the United States and Japan have been characterized by culture shock. Now a distinguished Japanese historian critically analyzes contemporary thought, public opinion, and behavior in the two countries over the course of the twentieth century, offering a binational perspective on culture shock as it has affected their relations. In these essays, Sadao Asada examines the historical interaction between these two countries from 1890 to 2006, focusing on naval strategy, transpacific racism, and the atomic bomb controversy. For each topic, he offers a rigorous analysis of both American and Japanese perceptions, showing how cultural relations and the interchange of ideas have been complex--and occasionally destructive. Culture Shock and Japanese-American Relations contains insightful essays on the influence of Alfred Mahan on the Japanese navy and on American images of Japan during the 1920s. Other essays consider the progressive breakdown of relations between the two countries and the origins of the Pacific War from the viewpoint of the Japanese navy, then tackle the ultimate shock of the atomic bomb and Japan's surrender, tracing changing perceptions of the decision to use the bomb on both sides of the Pacific over the course of sixty years. In discussing these subjects, Asada draws on Japanese sources largely inaccessible to Western scholars to provide a host of eye-opening insights for non-Japanese readers. After studying in America for nine years and receiving degrees from both Carleton College and Yale University, Asada returned to Japan to face his own reverse culture shock. His insights raise important questions of why people on opposite sides of the Pacific see things differently and adapt their perceptions to different purposes. This book marks a major effort toward reconstructing and understanding the conflicted course of Japanese-American relations during the first half of the twentieth century.
LC Classification Number
E183.8.J3A83 2011

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