The Dominion and the Rising Sun : Canada encounters Japan, 1929-41 / John D. Meehan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meehan, John David, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Canada--Foreign relations--Japan.

Canada.

Japan--Foreign relations--Canada.

Japan.

Japan--Foreign relations--1912-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Dominion and the Rising Sun is the first major study of Canada's diplomatic arrival in Japan and, by extension, East Asia. It examines the political, economic, and cultural relations forged during this seminal period between the foremost power in Asia and the young dominion tentatively establishing itself in world affairs. The book begins with the opening in 1929 of the Canadian legation in Tokyo -- Canada's third such office overseas -- and concludes with the outbreak of hostilities in 1941. Primarily a diplomatic history, the book also assesses the impact of traders, interest groups, and missionaries on Canadian attitudes toward Japan during the interwar years. More fundamentally, it examines Canada's diplomatic coming of age closely, revealing its important Pacific dimension and the tension between Canada's commitment to peace and its trade with an aggressor.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Maps, Tables, and Photographs

Acknowledgments

Note on Names

Abbreviations

The Dominion and the Rising Sun

Prologue: Raising the Flag

1 A Window on the Orient

2 From Grand Beginnings to Depression Diplomacy

3 Manchuria Erupts

4 Failure at Geneva

5 The Calm before the Storm

6 A Bitter National Spirit

7 A Rude Awakening

8 The Road to War

9 Pacific Promise

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes "Select bibliography" (p. [231]-235) and index.

ISBN:

0-7748-5133-3

OCLC:

244763992