TY  - BOOK
AU  - JIN Sangpil
TI  - Revisiting Russo-Japanese hegemonic rivalry in East Asia before 1904: Korean railroads
PY  - 2020///
KW  - TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY
KW  - TSR
KW  - JAPAN
KW  - RUSSIA
KW  - KOREA
N2  - Illustrating overlooked aspects of a hegemonic conflict surrounding the Korean peninsula amidst changing geopolitical dynamics in the Far East before the Russo-Japanese war, this analysis provides an alternate reading of international history during the age of 'New Imperialism'. With Korea's railroad system enmeshed with Russo-Japanese rivalry in Northeast Asia, a technologically inferior Korea could only resort to concession diplomacy and, relatedly, neutralisation - also attempted by Russia - to preserve its fragile independence. Despite the high hopes that accompanied them, such efforts were unable to protect Korea and its railroads from Japanese control as the clouds of the Russo-Japanese War overshadowed the region
UR  - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09592296.2020.1760032
ER  -