Japanese Racial Identities within U.S.-Japan Relations, 1853-1919

Know about the book -

Japanese Racial Identities within U.S.-Japan Relations, 1853-1919 is written by Tarik Merida and published by Edinburgh University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1399506919 (ISBN 10) and 9781399506915 (ISBN 13).

This book retraces the process through which, at the turn of the twentieth century, the Japanese went from a racial anomaly to honorary members of the White race. It explores the interpretation of the Japanese race by Western powers, particularly the United States, during Japan's ascension as a great power between 1853 and 1919. Forced to cope with this new element in the Far East, Western nations such as the U.S. had to device a negotiation zone in which they could accommodate the Japanese and negotiate their racial identity. In this book, Tarik Merida, presents a new tool to study this process of negotiation: the Racial Middle Ground.