Japan, race and equality : the racial equality proposal of 1919
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Bibliographic Information
Japan, race and equality : the racial equality proposal of 1919
(The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series)
Routledge, 1998
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-247) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This study explores the Japanese motivations in raising the proposal for racial equality at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. This is the first comprehensive analysis of an historically significant event which has not been given adequate scholarly attention in the past. The story which unfolds underlines the complexity of politics and diplomacy surrounding the racial equality proposal and analyses the effect of the failure of the proposal on Japan's politics in the 1920s and 1930s.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Negotiating racial equality at the peace conference
- Chapter 2 Domestic politics and the League of Nations
- Chapter 3 Immigration and the 'diplomacy of saving face'
- Chapter 4 Japan's status as a great power
- Chapter 5 Australia overwhelms the British Empire delegation
- Chapter 6 The American opposition
- Chapter 7 Conclusions and reflections
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