Rotem Kowner: 3 books
From White to Yellow
The Japanese in European Racial Thought, 1300-1735
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
When Europeans first landed in Japan they encountered people they perceived as white-skinned and highly civilized, but these impressions did not endure. Gradually the Europeans' positive impressions faded away and Japanese were seen as yellow-skinned and relatively inferior. Accounting for this dramatic...
by Rotem Kowner
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2009
Every war leaves an imprint in history, but few have had such a pervasive impact in so many respects as the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. Politically, it fatally weakened the Russian Empire while allowing Japan to follow more dangerous paths. Diplomatically, it shook the power balance in Europe...
by Rotem Kowner
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
The Russo-Japanese War was fought for 19 months (8 February 1904– 5 September 1905) between the empires of Japan and the Russia over the southern part of Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula. While essentially a colonial conflict, the war became a major engagement both in scale and innovation unseen...