Title The abacus and the sword : the Japanese penetration of Korea, 1895-1910 / Peter Duus

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 480 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map Series Twentieth-century Japan ; 4 Twentieth-century Japan ; 4 Contents Introduction: The Origins of Meiji Imperialism -- The Korean Question, 1876-1894 -- The Failed Protectorate, 1894-1895 -- Japanese Power in Limbo, 1895-1898 -- The Race for Concessions, 1895-1901 -- Toward the Protectorate, 1901-1905 -- The Politics of the Protectorate, 1905-1910 -- Capturing the Market: Japanese Trade in Korea -- Dreams of Brocade: Migration to Korea -- Strangers in a Strange Land: The Settler Community -- The Korean Land Grab: Agriculture and Land Acquisition -- Defining the Koreans: Images of Domination -- Conclusion: Mimesis and Dependence Summary Duus analyzes Japan's acquisition of Korea, the largest and most populous of its colonial possessions, as the result of two separate but interlinked processes, one political/military and the other economic: every attempt at increasing Japanese political influence licensed new opportunities for trade, and every new push for Japanese economic interest buttressed, and sometimes justified, further political advances. The sword was the servant of the abacus; the abacus, the handmaiden of the sword. The political process was driven by the attempt of the Meiji leaders, backed and prodded by politicians and military men at home, to create a stable cadre of Korean collaborators committed to self-strengthening; when this attempt failed, the Japanese leaders finally decided to extend full political control over the peninsula. The economic process, propelled by industrial change, involved penetration of the Korean market by an anonymous army of Japanese traders, sojourners, and settlers in search of new economic opportunities. While suggesting that Meiji imperialism shared much with Western colonial expansion that provided both its model and its context, Duus also argues that it was "backward imperialism," shaped by Japan's sense of inferiority to the West, as well as its relatively undeveloped economy, limited history of foreign contacts, economic dependency on the advanced economies, and intense desire to catch up. Drawing on a diverse range of new source material, this careful and informed study casts light on a wide array of topics in social, economic, and diplomatic history and contributes to a better understanding of modern Japanese imperialism Notes "A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--Page ii Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-459) and index Notes Print version record Subject HISTORY. International relations Expansie (macht) Imperialisme. SUBJECT Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069489 Korea -- History -- 1864-1910. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073034 Japan -- Relations -- Korea Korea -- Relations -- Japan Subject Japan Korea Japan Korea Japon -- Relations extérieures -- Corée. Japon -- 1868-1912 (Ère Meiji) Corée -- Relations extérieures -- Japon. Corée -- 1864-1910. Japon -- Relations -- Corée. Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780520920903 0520920902 0585112592 9780585112596 0520086147 9780520086142 0520213610 9780520213616

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