The Japan-British Exhibition of 1910: Gateway to the Island Empire of the East

The Japan-British Exhibition of 1910: Gateway to the Island Empire of the East
ISBN-10
1134251254
ISBN-13
9781134251254
Category
Social Science
Pages
282
Language
English
Published
2013-10-23
Publisher
Routledge
Author
A. Hotta-Lister

Description

The rapid development of Japan at the turn of the last century, including the defeat of Russia in 1904-5, intrigued the western Imperial powers, but also aroused reactions of contempt and suspicion. Britain was the most important of the powers upon which Japan earnestly wished to impress herself to mitigate the rising tide of anti-Japanese sentiment. An exhibition in London, therefore, was seen as a timely event by the Meiji Government to advance Japanese agendas in political, economic and educational terms. This is the first major study of this remarkable venture, fully reviewed and documented, and concerned principally with the Japanese side of the story.

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