Demarcating Japan : imperialism, islanders, and mobility, 1855-1884 / Takahiro Yamamoto.
| Author/creator | Yamamoto, Takahiro author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2023. |
| Copyright Date | cu2023 |
| Description | xvi, 290 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Harvard East Asian monographs Harvard East Asian monographs 460. ^A21267 |
| Contents | Imperialists and Interpreters in the Tsushima Strait Region -- The Ryukyu Islanders and Their Altered Mobilities -- Violence, Conviviality, and Survival in Sakhalin -- And Then There Were None: The Kuril Islands -- "No Gain in Owning, No Pain in Losing": -- The Bonin Islands |
| Abstract | ""In modern Japan's formative years, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, Tsushima, the Bonin Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands became the subject of inter-imperial negotiations, where empires nudged each other to secure their status with minimal costs rather than fighting a territorial scramble. Demarcating Japan argues that the transformation of border islands should be understood in as an interconnected process, where inter-local referencing played a key role in the outcome-Japan's geographical expansion in the face of domineering extra-Asian empires"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2022027045 |
| ISBN | 9780674291386 |
| ISBN | 0674291387 hardcover |