Imperial Japan and National Identities in Asia, 1895-1945 (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series)

Between 1895 and 1945, Japan was heavily engaged in other parts of Asia, first in neighbouring Korea and northeast Asia, later in southern China and Southeast Asia. During this period Japanese ideas on the nature of national identities in Asia changed dramatically. At first Japan discounted the significance of nationalism, but in time Japanese authorities came to see Asian nationalisms as potential allies, especially if they could be shaped to follow Japanese patterns. At the same time, the ways in which other Asians thought of Japan also changed. Initially many Asians saw Japan as a useful but distant model, but with the rise of Japanese political power, this distant admiration turned into both cooperation and resistance. This volume includes chapters on India, Tibet, Siberia, Mongolia, Korea, Manchukuo, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia. Introduction: Japan And The Transformation Of National Identities In Asia In The Imperial Era / Li Narangoa, Robert Cribb -- Icon Of Japan In Nationalist Revolutionary Discourse In India, 1890-1910 / Victor A. Van Bijlert -- Japanese Strategic And Political Involvement In Siberia And The Russian Far East, 1917-1922 / Eva-maria Stolberg -- Japanese Expansion And Tibetan Independence / Paul Hyer -- Mongol Nationalism And Japan / Nakami Tatsuo -- Japanese 'civilization Critics' And The National Identity Of Their Asian Neighbours, 1918-1932: The Case Of Yoshino Sakuzō / Dick Stegewerns -- Assimilation Rejected: The Tong'a Ilbo's Challenge To Japan's Colonial Policy In Korea / Mark E. Caprio -- Evil Empire? Competing Constructions Of Japanese Imperialism In Manchuria, 1928-1937 / Rana Mitter -- Japanese Threat And Stalin's Policies Towards Outer Mongolia (1932-1939) / Tsedendambyn Batbayar -- Problem Of Identity And The Japanese Engagement In North China / Marjorie Dryburgh -- Vietnamese Nationalist Revolutionaries And The Japanese Occupation: The Case Of The Dai Viet Parties (1936-1946) / François Guillemot -- Accord And Discord: Japanese Cultural Policy And Philippine National Identity During The Japanese Occupation (1942-1945) / Ricardo T. Jose -- Japanization In Indonesia Re-examined: The Problem Of Self-sufficiency In Clothing / Shigeru Satō -- Transformation Of Taiwanese Attitudes Toward Japan In The Post-colonial Period / Huang Chih-huei -- Afterword: Japanese Imperialism And The Politics Of Loyalty ; Appendix: Postage Stamps And Japanese Imperialism / Li Narangoa, Robert Cribb. Edited By Li Narangoa And Robert Cribb. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 329-344) And Index. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Copyright Contents List of Maps Preface List of Contributors Note on Romanization Introduction: Japan and the Transformation of National Identities in Asia in the Imperial Era 1 The Icon of Japan in Nationalist Revolutionary Discourse in India, 1890-1910 2 Japanese Strategic and Political Involvement in Siberia and the Russian Far East, 1917-1922 3 Japanese Expansion and Tibetan Independence 4 Mongol Nationalism and Japan 5 The Japanese 'Civilization Critics' and the National Identity of Their Asian Neighbours, 1918-1932: The Case of Yoshino Sakuzō 6 Assimilation Rejected: The Tong'a ilbo's Challenge to Japan's Colonial Policy in Korea 7 Evil Empire? Competing Constructions of Japanese Imperialism in Manchuria, 1928-1937 8 The Japanese Threat and Stalin's Policies towards Outer Mongolia (1932-1939) 9 The Problem of Identity and the Japanese Engagement in North China 10 Vietnamese Nationalist Revolutionaries and the Japanese Occupation: The Case of the Dai Viet Parties (1936-1946) 11 Accord and Discord: Japanese Cultural Policy and Philippine National Identity during the Japanese Occupation (1942-1945) 12 Japanization in Indonesia Re-Examined: The Problem of Self-Sufficiency in Clothing 13 The Transformation of Taiwanese Attitudes toward Japan in the Post-colonial Period Afterword: Japanese Imperialism and the Politics of Loyalty Appendix: Postage Stamps and Japanese Imperialism Selected Bibliography Index "This book traces Japan's impact on these national identities, from its clumsy intervention in Siberia, through its ambitious attempts to create the new state of Manchukuo on the Asian mainland and to reshape the politics of the Chinese and Mongols, to its brief but dramatic foray into Southeast Asia. The book compares the perspective of societies such as India and Tibet, which observed Japan from a distance, with the experience of societies which experienced Japanese intervention at close hand." -- Half t.p The volume includes chapters on the Japanese imperial campaign in India, Tibet, Siberia, Mongolia, Korea, Manchukuo, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia.