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The Russo-Japanese War in Cultural Perspective, 1904–05

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Editors:
  1. David Wells

    1. Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia

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  2. Sandra Wilson

    1. Murdoch University, Western Australia

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Sandra Wilson, David Wells
    Pages 1-29

  3. Willpower or Firepower? The Unlearned Military Lessons of the Russo-Japanese War

    • S. P. MacKenzie
    Pages 30-40

  4. Traditions of War Literature in Medieval Japan: a Study of the Heike Monogatari

    • Rajyashree Pandey
    Pages 41-59

  5. Japanese Literary Responses to the Russo-Japanese War

    • Tomoko Aoyama
    Pages 60-85

  6. Paradigms of War in Russian Literature from the Twelfth to the Nineteenth Century

    • David Wells
    Pages 86-107

  7. The Russo-Japanese War in Russian Literature

    • David Wells
    Pages 108-133

  8. Easts and Wests Befuddled: Russian Intelligentsia Responses to the Russo-Japanese War

    • Adrian Jones
    Pages 134-159

  9. The Russo-Japanese War and Japan: Politics, Nationalism and Historical Memory

    • Sandra Wilson
    Pages 160-193

  10. Conclusion

    • David Wells, Sandra Wilson
    Pages 194-196

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 197-213
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About this book

The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 has been widely seen as a historical turning-point. For the first time in modern history an Asian and a European country competed on equal terms, overturning the prevailing balance of power. Based on a wide range of original source material in Russian, Japanese and other languages, this book goes beyond the military and international political grand narratives to examine the war's social, cultural, literary and intellectual impact in their historical context. In Japan the war reinforced the country's self-image as a 'coming' nation, while in Russia, combined with the revolution of 1905 and later political and social upheaval, it was seen as separating the old régime from the new. Throughout the world, 'spirit' was seen to be a decisive factor, and cultural considerations determined the war's interpretation. Featuring contributions by established scholars in the fields of military history and the history and literature of both Russia and Japan, this book offers for the first time a comparative perspective on the symbolic meaning of the conflict.

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"[the book is] quite relevant to our contemporary issues despite its concern with the war of almost a century ago." - Journal of Asian Studies

"This book now fills the gap by gathering specialists of both Russia and Japan...succeeds in showing that the Russo-Japanese war left a deep impact on the historical memory of Russians and Japanese alike." - Russian Review

Editors and Affiliations

  • Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia

    David Wells

  • Murdoch University, Western Australia

    Sandra Wilson

About the editors

TOMOKO AOYAMA Lecturer in Japanese, University of Queensland ADRIAN JONES Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University S.P. MACKENZIE Associate Professor in History, University of South Carolina RAJYASHREE PANDEY Senior Lecturer in Japanese, La Trobe University

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Russo-Japanese War in Cultural Perspective, 1904–05

  • Editors: David Wells, Sandra Wilson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230514584

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-22161-4Published: 25 November 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-39478-4Published: 01 January 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-51458-4Published: 24 August 1999

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 213

  • Topics: Russian, Soviet, and East European History, European History, Asian History, Modern History

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