Japan's Total Empire Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism

Name: Japan's Total Empire Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism
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ISBN: 9780520219342

ISBN-10: 0520219341

ISBN-13: 9780520219342

Edition: 1998

Authors: Louise Young

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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…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 9/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 500
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.672



List of Map and Tables


Acknowledgments


Note on Sources



The Making of a Total Empire



Manchukuo and Japan



The Jewel in the Crown: The International Context of Manchukuo



The Manchurian Incident and the New Military Imperialism, 1931-1933



War Fever: Imperial Jingoism and the Mass Media



Go-Fast Imperialism: Elite Politics and Mass Mobilization



The Manchurian Experiment in Colonial Development, 1932-1941



Uneasy Partnership: Soldiers and Capitalists in the Colonial Economy



Brave New Empire: Utopian Vision and the Intelligentsia



The New Social Imperialism and the Farm Colonization Program, 1932-1945



Reinventing Agrarianism: Rural Crisis and the Wedding of Agriculture to Empire



The Migration Machine: Manchurian Colonization and State Growth



Victims of Empire



Conclusion



The Paradox of Total Empire


Bibliography


Index