The Boundaries of 'The Japanese': Volume 2: Korea, Taiwan and the Ainu 1868-1945 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781925608946)

In this the parallel volume to The Boundaries of 'the Japanese': Volume 1: Okinawa 1818-1972 (2014), renowned historical sociologist Eiji Oguma further explores the fluctuating political, geographical, ethnic, and sociocultural borders of 'Japan' and 'the Japanese' from the latter years of the Tokugawa shogunate to the mid-20th century. Focus is placed first upon the northern island of Hokkaido with its indigenous Ainu inhabitants, and then upon the mainstays of Japan's colonial empire-Taiwan and Korea. In continuing to elaborate his theme of inclusion and exclusion, the author comprehensively recounts and analyzes the events, actions, campaigns and attitudes of both the rulers and the ruled as Japan endeavoured both to be seen as a strong, civilized nation by the wider world, and to 'civilize' its disparate subjects on its own terms.

Author: Leonie R. Stickland, Eiji Oguma
ISBN-10: 1925608948
ISBN-13: 9781925608946
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
Language: English
Published: 08/31/2017
Pages: 590
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.30w x 1.50d