The Great Kanto Earthquake and the Chimera of National Reconstruction in Japan
J. Charles Schencking
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Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 400 pages, 61 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
In September 1923, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake devastated eastern Japan, killing more than 120,000 people and leaving two million homeless. Using a rich array of source material, J. Charles Schencking tells for the first time the graphic tale of Tokyo's destruction and rebirth. In emotive prose, he documents how the citizens of Tokyo experienced this unprecedented calamity and explores the ways in which it rattled people's deep-seated anxieties about modernity. While explaining how and why the disaster compelled people to reflect on Japanese society, he also examines how reconstruction encouraged the capital's inhabitants to entertain new types of urbanism as ... Read more
In September 1923, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake devastated eastern Japan, killing more than 120,000 people and leaving two million homeless. Using a rich array of source material, J. Charles Schencking tells for the first time the graphic tale of Tokyo's destruction and rebirth. In emotive prose, he documents how the citizens of Tokyo experienced this unprecedented calamity and explores the ways in which it rattled people's deep-seated anxieties about modernity. While explaining how and why the disaster compelled people to reflect on Japanese society, he also examines how reconstruction encouraged the capital's inhabitants to entertain new types of urbanism as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
Contemporary Asia in the World
Condition
New
Weight
690g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231162180
SKU
V9780231162180
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About J. Charles Schencking
J. Charles Schencking is professor and chairperson of the Department of History at the University of Hong Kong.
Reviews for The Great Kanto Earthquake and the Chimera of National Reconstruction in Japan
A gracefully written and searching analysis that places Japan's deadliest earthquake in historical context. An important contribution to the literature on natural disaster that moves beyond the cliches often told about reconstruction.
Ted Steinberg, Case Western Reserve University In vivid detail, this timely book explores the many ways the Japanese responded to the earthquake of 1923-from debates about the ... Read more
Ted Steinberg, Case Western Reserve University In vivid detail, this timely book explores the many ways the Japanese responded to the earthquake of 1923-from debates about the ... Read more