Asia for the Asians : China in the Lives of Five Meiji Japanese.

AFA_FrontCover -- AsiafortheAsians -- About Weatherhead East Asian Institute -- ASIA for the ASIANS - Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction - On the Merits of Reading History Forward -- The History of the "History Problem" -- "History Is Just History"? -- Reading History Forward -- Chapter I - Konoe Atsumaro and the Case for Chinese-Japanese Collaboration -- Education of a Prince -- The Old Aristocracy in a New Public Role -- Women's Education: Training"Good Wives, Wise Mothers" -- The Politics of Educational Policy -- Asia for the Asians -- Taking Measure of the World -- China Realities -- Projects Ventured, Progress Deferred -- New Initiatives: Training Chinese Men, Mobilizing Japanese Women -- Saving China -- Chapter II - Hattori Unokichi: Lessons from Beijing -- A China Scholar for a New Age -- Encountering the Real China -- Siege of the Legations -- Back to Beijing: Advising on Post-Boxer Reform -- Chapter III - Meiji Japan's "New Woman" on Mission in China: Kawahara Misako in Shanghai and Karachin -- "Little Shimoda" -- Mission to Shanghai -- Mission to Karachin -- Following in Kawahara's Footsteps -- Karachin Apart in Time and Space -- Chapter IV - Kawashima Naniwa: Japan/Myself as Number One -- To China in Defiance -- In the Right Place at the Right Time with the Right Skills -- Possibilities and Limits of Friendship -- Kawashima, Prince Su, and the Politics of Manchu Separatism -- Reflections of an Old China Hand -- Chapter V - Ariga Nagao and Japan's Internationalism -- The Making of an Internationalist -- Lessons from the Battlefield -- Gaiko Jiho: Creating a Public Voice in Foreign Relations -- Giving Peace a Try -- A Necessary War? -- The China Factor -- China Bound -- Reversal of Fortunes -- Final Accounting -- Conclusion - Making Sense of It All -- Reorienting Japan.

Why Did China Beckon? Why Did They Go? -- Taking Stock: The Prospects and Limits of Partnership -- Notes -- Notes to Introduction -- Notes to Chapter I -- Notes to Chapter 2 -- Notes to Chapter 3 -- Notes to Chapter 4 -- Notes to Chapter 5 -- Notes to Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Columbia University -- AFA_BackCover.

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