Outposts of Civilization : : Race, Religion, and the Formative Years of American-Japanese Relations / / Joseph M. Henning.
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 hie...
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| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Editorial Note
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Through a Reversed Opera Glass
- Chapter 2 Christian Light and Heathen Darkness
- Chapter 3 Wise Men from the West
- Chapter 4 Nirvana and Hell
- Chapter 5 A Dance of Diplomacy
- Chapter 6 “The Most Un-Mongolian People in Asia”
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author