Contents

pp v-vi

Acknowledgements

pp vii-viii

Introduction: The Japanese Racial Anomaly

pp 1-22

Part I - Race in the Japanese Context: Early Modern Patterns of Differentiation and the Introduction of Race in Modern Japan

pp 23-24

1 - Patterns of Differentiation in Early Modern Japan

pp 25-46

2 - The Translation of Race in the Meiji Period

pp 47-58

Part II - A Racial Middle Ground: Negotiating the Japanese Racial Identity in the Context of White Supremacy

pp 59-60

3 - Between Two Races – The Birth of the Racial Middle Ground between Japan and the West

pp 61-76

4 - Two Wars and First Successes: From the Port Arthur Massacre to the Treaty of Portsmouth

pp 77-100

5 - Further Successes and the Limits of the Racial Middle Ground – The California Crisis

pp 101-117

6 - African Americans and the Racial Middle Ground

pp 118-137

7 - The End of the Racial Middle Ground

pp 138-162

Conclusion: The Elusive Japanese Race

pp 163-169

References

pp 170-187

Index

pp 188-197