Asia for the Asians
Harrell, Paula![Asia for the Asians](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/273/27353367/CHSBZCOP0327353367.jpg)
Conventional scholarship reads the story of Japan's late 19th-early 20th century encounter with China backward through the lens of wartime, cherry picking evidence to develop a picture consistent with Japan's later acts of aggression. Using a wealth of resources, including diaries, newspaper accounts, and contemporary journals, Asia for the Asians: China in the Lives of Five Meiji Japanese dispenses with dominant narratives to explore the Meij...