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Japan and America : a journey and a political survey
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Online
Details
- Creator
- Henry W. Taft
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : The Macmillan Company, 1932
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (viii, 359 pages)
- Includes index.
- Part I. The journey: -- Introductory -- The journey, our hosts and our party -- Arrival in Japan -- Tokyo -- The conferences in Tokyo -- Social activities -- More hospitality -- Conferences with notable Japanese statesmen -- Nikko -- Return to Tokyo -- Entertainment in the name of the Emperor -- Farewell visits -- Nara -- Part II. Japanese-American relations in the last quarter of a century: -- The background -- The Washington Disarmament Conference -- Revival of Anti-Japanese agitation -- Did the gentlemen's agreement become one of the stipulations of the treaty of 1911? -- The Immigration Bill of 1924 in Congress -- The Hanihara letter analyzed -- Public opinion here and abroad concerning Japanese exclusion -- Revival of the effort to include oriental races in the quota system -- The Manchurian Controversy of 1931-2 -- Why did China not first resort to the Nine-Power Treaty? -- The attitude of the United States -- Prospect of a settlement of the Manchurian Controversy and potential influence of America -- Shanghai -- Diplomatic efforts to secure peace -- Some general considerations