Cover -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Note on Personal Names, Place-names, Transliteration, and Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Explanations of Imperialism -- 2. The Treaty Port System and Japan -- The nature of the treaty port system -- The treaty port system in Japan -- 3. Modernization and Imperialism -- Japanese responses to the West -- Wealth and strength -- 4. Intervention in Korea, 1894-1895 -- Japan and Korea before the Sino-Japanese War -- Japanese policy in Korea, 1894-1895 -- 5. The Peace Settlement with China, 1894-1896 -- Liaotung and Taiwan -- The commercial provisions -- 6. New Imperialism and the War with Russia, 1895-1905 -- Spheres of influence: Korea and Fukien -- The conflict with Russia -- 7. Formal and Informal Empire in North-east Asia, 1905-1910 -- The annexation of Korea -- Japan's sphere of influence in Manchuria -- 8. Chinese Revolution and World War -- The Chinese Revolution and the powers -- The Twenty-one Demands -- The origins of co-prosperity -- 9. Overseas Trade and Investment, 1895-1930 -- Foreign trade and colonial trade -- Foreign investment -- 10. Japan's Territorial Dependencies, 1895-1930 -- Colonial government and society -- Colonial economies -- 11. The Treaty Port System in Jeopardy, 1918-1931 -- Japan and the Russian Revolution -- Japan and the treaty powers -- Japan and Chinese nationalism -- 12. The Making of Manchukuo, 1931-1932 -- Nationalism and militarism -- Japan and Manchuria before 1930 -- The Manchurian Incident -- Manchukuo -- 13. Japan's New Order in North-east Asia -- The advance into China -- The New Order -- The industrial heartland -- 14. Advance to the South -- South-east Asia and economic self-sufficiency -- 15. The Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere -- Political structures -- Ideology and economics -- 16. Conclusion: The Nature of Japanese Imperialism.

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