Description
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Provincializing Empire explores the global history of Japanese expansion through a regional lens. It rethinks the nation-centered geography and chronology of empire by uncovering the pivotal role of expeditionary merchants from Ōmi (present-day Shiga Prefecture) and their modern successors. Tracing their lives from the early modern era, and writing them into the global histories of empire, diaspora, and capitalism, Jun Uchida offers an innovative analysis of expansion through a story previously untold: how the nation's provincials built on their traditions to create a transpacific diaspora that stretched from Seoul to Vancouver, while helping shape the modern world of transoceanic exchange.
Author: Jun Uchida
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 02/21/2023
Pages: 378
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780520390119
ISBN10: 0520390113
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia | Japan
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | Asian Studies
Author: Jun Uchida
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 02/21/2023
Pages: 378
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780520390119
ISBN10: 0520390113
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia | Japan
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | Asian Studies
About the Author
Jun Uchida is Associate Professor of History at Stanford University and author of Brokers of Empire: Japanese Settler Colonialism in Korea, 1876-1945.