{"product_id":"tensions-of-empire-kenichi-goto-9780896802315","title":"Tensions of Empire: Japan and Southeast Asia in the Colonial and Postcolonial World","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the closing decade of European colonial rule in Southeast Asia and covering the wartime Japanese empire and its postwar disintegration, \u003ci\u003eTensions of Empire \u003c\/i\u003efocuses on the Japanese in Southeast Asia, Indonesians in Japan, and the legacy of the war in Southeast Asia. It also examines Japanese perceptions of Southeast Asia and the lingering ambivalence toward Japanese involvement in Asia and toward the war in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on extensive multilingual archival research and interviews, Ken'ichi Goto has produced a factually rich and balanced view of this region's historical events of the last century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTensions of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e features detailed discussions of Portuguese Timor in the 1930s and 1940s, the decolonization of Malaya, and twentieth-century Indonesia. This extended inquiry yields a unique view of the complicated network within and beyond the colonial and imperial relationships between a one-time nonwestern colonial power and an entire region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf great interest to students of Japan-Southeast Asia relations and to specialists in the modern history of both Southeast Asia and Japan, Professor Goto's \u003ci\u003eTensions of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating account of Japan's recent past from the inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken'ichi Goto, Goto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0896802310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780896802315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.54w x 0.99d","brand":"Ken'ichi Goto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44756478099711,"sku":"9780896802315","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4f373c5-31e6-418f-bc7c-12b337125e6b.jpg?v=1706593091","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tensions-of-empire-kenichi-goto-9780896802315","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}