Japan's Total Empire : Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism.
Title:
Japan's Total Empire : Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism.
Author:
Young, Louise.
ISBN:
9780520923157
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (390 pages)
Series:
Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power ; v.8
Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Map and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Sources -- Part I: The Making of a Total Empire -- 1. Manchukuo and Japan -- 2. The Jewel in the Crown: The International Context of Manchukuo -- Part II: The Manchurian Incident and the New Military Imperialism, 1931-1933 -- 3. War Fever: Imperial Jingoism and the Mass Media -- 4. Go-Fast Imperialism: Elite Politics and Mass Mobilization -- Part III: The Manchurian Experiment in Colonial Development, 1932-1941 -- 5. Uneasy Partnership: Soldiers and Capitalists in the Colonial Economy -- 6. Brave New Empire: Utopian Vision and the Intelligentsia -- Part IV: The New Social Imperialism and the Farm Colonization Program, 1932-1945 -- 7. Reinventing Agrarianism: Rural Crisis and the Wedding of Agriculture to Empire -- 8. The Migration Machine: Manchurian Colonization and State Growth -- 9. Victims of Empire -- Part V: Conclusion -- 10. The Paradox of Total Empire -- Bibliography -- Index -- Studies of the East Asian Institute.
Abstract:
In this first social and cultural history of Japan's construction of Manchuria, Louise Young offers an incisive examination of the nature of Japanese imperialism. Focusing on the domestic impact of Japan's activities in Northeast China between 1931 and 1945, Young considers "metropolitan effects" of empire building: how people at home imagined and experienced the empire they called Manchukuo. Contrary to the conventional assumption that a few army officers and bureaucrats were responsible for Japan's overseas expansion, Young finds that a variety of organizations helped to mobilize popular support for Manchukuo-the mass media, the academy, chambers of commerce, women's organizations, youth groups, and agricultural cooperatives-leading to broad-based support among diverse groups of Japanese. As the empire was being built in China, Young shows, an imagined Manchukuo was emerging at home, constructed of visions of a defensive lifeline, a developing economy, and a settler's paradise.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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