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

By Tarik Merida

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399506897
• ISBN13: 9781399506892
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"