From white to yellow :: the Japanese in European racial thought, 1300-1735 /

When Europeans landed in Japan they encountered people they perceived as white-skinned and highly civilized, but these impressions did not endure. Gradually the Europeans' positive impressions faded away and Japanese were seen as yellow-skinned and relatively inferior. This book traces racial r...

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1. Verfasser: Kowner, Rotem
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Montréal ; Kingston ; London ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2014]
Schriftenreihe:McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 63.
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Zusammenfassung:When Europeans landed in Japan they encountered people they perceived as white-skinned and highly civilized, but these impressions did not endure. Gradually the Europeans' positive impressions faded away and Japanese were seen as yellow-skinned and relatively inferior. This book traces racial roots of the modern clash between Japan and the West.
Beschreibung:"Legal deposit fourth quarter 2014"--Title page verso
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxv, 678 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-615) and index.
ISBN:9780773596832
9780773596849
0773596836
0773596844

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