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D. Wells, S. Wilson - Russo-Japanese War in Cultural Perspective, 1904–05, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

Russo-Japanese War in Cultural Perspective, 1904–05

Av D. Wells, S. Wilson

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Beskrivning
The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 has been widely seen as a historical turning-point. For the first time in modern history an Asian and a European country competed on equal terms, overturning the prevailing balance of power. Based on a wide range of original source material in Russian, Japanese and other languages, this book goes beyond the military and international political grand narratives to examine the war's social, cultural, literary and intellectual impact in their historical context. In Japan the war reinforced the country's self-image as a 'coming' nation, while in Russia, combined with the revolution of 1905 and later political and social upheaval, it was seen as separating the old régime from the new. Throughout the world, 'spirit' was seen to be a decisive factor, and cultural considerations determined the war's interpretation. Featuring contributions by established scholars in the fields of military history and the history and literature of both Russia and Japan, this book offers for the first time a comparative perspective on the symbolic meaning of the conflict.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 1999-08-24
  • Mått: 140 x 216 x 18 mm
  • Vikt: 440 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 213
  • Upplaga: 1999
  • Förlag: Palgrave Macmillan
  • ISBN: 9780333637425
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DAVID WELLS is a librarian at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia. He has worked in libraries in Melbourne and was a Research Fellow in the School of Politics at La Trobe University. He is the author of two books on the poetry of Anna Akhmatova and has written numerous articles on 19th- and 20th-century Russian literature. SANDRA WILSON is Senior Lecturer and Chair of the Japanese Studies Programme at Murdoch University. She was a lecturer in the School of History, La Trobe University, Melbourne (1988-96). Dr Wilson is the author of a number of articles on Japan in the 1920s and 1930s. She is currently working on a book on Japanese nationalism.

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"[the book is] quite relevant to our contemporary issues despite its concern with the war of almost a century ago." - Journal of Asian Studies "This book now fills the gap by gathering specialists of both Russia and Japan...succeeds in showing that the Russo-Japanese war left a deep impact on the historical memory of Russians and Japanese alike." - Russian Review

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