The Abacus and the Sword
Subtitle: The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895-1910 (Twentieth-Century Japan - the Emergence of a World Power, 4)
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: April 24, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9780520213616
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Colonization & independence; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; History: World; East Asia - History; Foreign Relations; History; History - General History; Japan; Korea; Asia - Japan; Asia - Korea; History / General
First sentence: In the minds of the feisty young Meiji leaders the treaty settlements of the 1850s had tarnished the national honor-or as they often put it.