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Meiji at 150

Dr. Catherine Phipps (University of Memphis) Phipps, Catherine; Grunow, Tristan

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In this episode, Dr. Phipps revisualizes the Meiji era through a global lens, complicating narratives of Meiji Japan “following” or “catching up” to the West and reinserting Japanese developments into global processes. We discuss recent commemorations of the Meiji Restoration sesquicentennial around the world, rediscover commercial ties between Japanese special trading ports and the Asian mainland, and question when Japan officially “opened.”

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Title
Dr. Catherine Phipps (University of Memphis)
Alternate Title
Meiji at 150 (Podcast). Episode 103
Creator
Phipps, Catherine; Grunow, Tristan
Date Issued
2019-04-09
Description
In this episode, Dr. Phipps revisualizes the Meiji era through a global lens, complicating narratives of Meiji Japan “following” or “catching up” to the West and reinserting Japanese developments into global processes. We discuss recent commemorations of the Meiji Restoration sesquicentennial around the world, rediscover commercial ties between Japanese special trading ports and the Asian mainland, and question when Japan officially “opened.”
Subject
Meiji period, 1868-1912; global processes; Westernization; trading ports
Geographic Location
Japan
Type
Sound
Language
eng
Date Available
2022-07-05
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0415996
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81989
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; History, Department of; Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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DSpace

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