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Placing Empire: Travel and the Social Imagination in Imperial Japan
Kate McDonald
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Description for Placing Empire: Travel and the Social Imagination in Imperial Japan
Paperback. Examines the spatial politics of Japanese imperialism through a study of Japanese travel and tourism to Korea, Manchuria, and Taiwan between the late nineteenth century and the early 1950s. This book shows how debates over the place of colonized lands reshaped the social and spatial imaginary of the modern Japanese nation and more. Num Pages: 231 pages, 14 color, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Placing Empire examines the spatial politics of Japanese imperialism through a study of Japanese travel and tourism to Korea, Manchuria, and Taiwan between the late nineteenth century and the early 1950s. In a departure from standard histories of Japan, this book shows how debates over the role of colonized lands reshaped the social and spatial imaginary of the modern Japanese nation and how, in turn, this sociospatial imaginary affected the ways ... Read more
At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Placing Empire examines the spatial politics of Japanese imperialism through a study of Japanese travel and tourism to Korea, Manchuria, and Taiwan between the late nineteenth century and the early 1950s. In a departure from standard histories of Japan, this book shows how debates over the role of colonized lands reshaped the social and spatial imaginary of the modern Japanese nation and how, in turn, this sociospatial imaginary affected the ways ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520293915
SKU
V9780520293915
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About Kate McDonald
Kate McDonald is Assistant Professor of Modern Japanese History at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Reviews for Placing Empire: Travel and the Social Imagination in Imperial Japan
Kate McDonald's masterful analysis interweaves theory and primary texts to examine the spatial politics of 'place' in the context of imperial Japan.
Monumenta Nipponica
Excellent... a long-awaited development.
Contemporary Japan
Monumenta Nipponica
Excellent... a long-awaited development.
Contemporary Japan