Diplomatic Relations Between The United States And Japan 1853 1921

Author : Payson Jackson Treat
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330408407
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Japan and the United States 1853-1921 written by Payson Jackson Treat and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Japan and the United States 1853-1921 With the exception of the first chapter, the present volume consists of twelve lectures prepared for delivery at four of the leading Japanese universities in the fall of 1921, The purpose of these lectures was to present a brief survey of the relations between the United States and Japan from the beginning of their intercourse to the present time. They therefore omit many interesting events in the domestic history of Japan and in her relations with other Powers, while, on the other hand, they discuss questions in which the United States was not directly concerned, but which have had an influence upon the formation of public opinion in that country. The importance of public opinion in determining international relations is now well understood, and in this survey an attempt has been made to account for the prevailing views of the Japanese and American peoples toward each other at different times in the period. For the past fifteen years my university duties have been solely concerned with the investigation and teaching of the modern history of the Far East. In that time I have made two visits to Eastern Asia, to check up my studies by observation. These historical investigations should have helped me to understand the causes of many of the present conditions in the Far East, and to avoid some of the errors into which one may fall who confines his studies to a single country without considering contemporary movements in other lands. If these pages help, in any degree, the readers on both sides of the Pacific to understand better the point of view of their neighbors, I shall feel richly repaid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.