{"product_id":"japanese-racial-identities-within-usjapan-relations-18531919-9781399506892","title":"Japanese Racial Identities Within U.S.-Japan Relations, 1853-1919","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThis book explores how Western powers, particularly the United States, interpreted the Japanese race during Japan's ascension as a great power between 1853 and 1919. It introduces the Racial Middle Ground as a new tool to study this process of negotiation and argues that race relations in the U.S.-Japan relationship were more complex and nuanced than traditional dichotomous views suggest. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 195 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 March 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDid race really matter? Racial ideology and political pragmatism in U.S.-Japan relations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBreaking up the traditional dichotomic view of race relations, this book employs a new and more functional theoretical approach to understand the negotiated quality of not only the Japanese racial identity, but also of racial identities in general. Firmly anchoring Japanese history in a global framework, it introduces a wide array of new Japanese sources, particularly on the topic of Japanese and African American relations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book retraces the process through which, at the turn of the twentieth century, the Japanese went from a racial anomaly to honorary members of the White race. It explores the interpretation of the Japanese race by Western powers, particularly the United States, during Japan's ascension as a great power between 1853 and 1919. Forced to cope with this new element in the Far East, Western nations such as the U.S. had to devise a negotiation zone in which they could accommodate the Japanese and negotiate their racial identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Tarik Merida presents a new tool to study this process of negotiation: the Racial Middle Ground. This innovative approach challenges the conventional understanding of race relations by examining the complex and multifaceted ways in which race has been negotiated and understood in the past. By exploring the Racial Middle Ground, readers will gain a deeper understanding of the historical and contemporary dynamics of race relations between the United States and Japan, and how these relations have shaped the broader global landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 454g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 160 x 241 x 18 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781399506892\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tarik Merida","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44138577166586,"sku":"9781399506892","price":75.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1680268453729_book.jpg?v=1680275321","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/japanese-racial-identities-within-usjapan-relations-18531919-9781399506892","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}