Joseph M Henning: 1 book
Outposts of Civilization
Race, Religion, and the Formative Years of American-Japanese Relations
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2000
Civilization and progress, Gilded Age Americans believed, were inseparable from Anglo-Saxon heritage and Christianity. In rising to become the first Asian and non-Christian world power, Meiji Japan (1868-1912) challenged this deeply-held conviction, and in so doing threatened racial and cultural hierarchies...
