Japanese Neutrality in the Nineteenth Century: International Law and Transcultural Process

  • Douglas Howland (Author)
    UW-Milwaukee

    Douglas Howland is David D. Buck Professor of Chinese History at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. His main research interests include East Asian westernization, international law and state sovereignty in China and Japan, and liberalism and popular sovereignty in the nineteenth century.

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Abstract

An international and transcultural process, the history of Japanese neutrality in the nineteenth century is marked by changing ideas of the international laws of war and the rights of neutrals among the western powers.  The essay explores three points at which Japan's international history intersected with these developments in the meaning and practice of neutrality: the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the Sino-French conflict of 1884, and the Spanish-American War of 1898.  Japan's working out a position of neutrality turns out to be one of many international and shifting attempts to construct neutrality in the nineteenth century.

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Published
2010-10-06
Language
en
Academic discipline and sub-disciplines
History, Law, Cultural Studies
Keywords
neutrality, law, translation
How to Cite
Howland, D. (2010). Japanese Neutrality in the Nineteenth Century: International Law and Transcultural Process. The Journal of Transcultural Studies, 1(1), 14–37. https://doi.org/10.11588/ts.2010.1.1927