Provincializing empire : omi merchants in the Japanese transpacific diaspora /
"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 Omi (present-day Shiga Prefecture) and their modern successors. Tr...
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| Format: | Livre |
| Langue: | English |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
2023.
©2023 |
| Collection: | Asia Pacific modern ;
vol 18. |
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| Résumé: | "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 Omi (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"-- |
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| Description: | "Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities." |
| Description matérielle: | 378 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 23 cm |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520390119 9780520390126 |