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Trans-Pacific Racisms and the U.S. Occupation of Japan
Yukiko Koshiro
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Description for Trans-Pacific Racisms and the U.S. Occupation of Japan
Paperback. This pathbreaking study is the first to explore the issue of racism in U.S.-Japanese relations. With access to unexplored sources in both Japanese and English, Koshiro is able to create a truly international and cross-cultural study of history and international relations. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
The U.S. occupation of Japan transformed a brutal war charged with overt racism into an amicable peace in which the issue of race seemed to have disappeared. During the Occupation, the problem of racial relations between Americans and Japanese was suppressed and the mutual racism transformed into something of a taboo so that the two former enemies could collaborate in creating democracy in postwar Japan. In the 1980s, however, when Japan increased its investment in the American market, the world witnessed a revival of the rhetoric of U.S.-Japanese racial confrontation. Koshiro argues that this perceived economic aggression awoke the dormant ... Read more
The U.S. occupation of Japan transformed a brutal war charged with overt racism into an amicable peace in which the issue of race seemed to have disappeared. During the Occupation, the problem of racial relations between Americans and Japanese was suppressed and the mutual racism transformed into something of a taboo so that the two former enemies could collaborate in creating democracy in postwar Japan. In the 1980s, however, when Japan increased its investment in the American market, the world witnessed a revival of the rhetoric of U.S.-Japanese racial confrontation. Koshiro argues that this perceived economic aggression awoke the dormant ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231113496
SKU
V9780231113496
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About Yukiko Koshiro
Yukiko Koshiro is a visiting scholar at Williams College and the East Asian Institute at Columbia University. She is associate editor of the Journal of American-East Asian Relations.
Reviews for Trans-Pacific Racisms and the U.S. Occupation of Japan
A bold exploration of the difficult subject of American and Japanese racist attitudes. Foreign Affairs