New Frontiers: Imperialism's New Communities in East Asia, 1842-1953 (Studies in Imperialism)

New Frontiers brings together scholars in the history of South and East Asia and uses newly available source materials in a pioneering comparative study of Western and Japanese imperialism. The chapters examine European, American, and Japanese communities in China and Korea. They challenge received notions of agency and collaboration by looking at the roles of British Indians, Jews, Japanese and colonial subjects, Chinese Christians, and White Russian refugees in Korea and China. Front matter Contents List of tables List of figures General editor's introduction Preface The contributors Abbreviations Introduction Colonialism 'in a Chinese atmosphere': the Caldwell affair and the perils of collaboration in early colonial Hong Kong: Christopher Munn Marginal Westerners in Shanghai: the Baghdadi Jewish community, 1845-1931 Indian communities in China, c. 1842-1949 Foreigners or outsiders? Westerners and Chinese Christians in Chongqing 1870s-1900 The Japanese and the Jews: a comparative analysis of their communities in Harbin, 1898-1930 Japanese colonial citizenship in treaty port China: the location of Koreans and Taiwanese in the imperial order Denied and besieged: the Japanese community of Korea, 1876-1945 'Little Japan' in Shanghai: an insulated community, 1875-1945 Who were the Shanghai Municipal Police, and why where they there? The British recruits of 1919 The Russian diaspora community in Shanghai In search of identity: the German community in Shanghai, 1933-1945 The Shanghai American community, 1937-1949 Afterword: a colonial world Bibliography Index In the new world order mapped out by Japanese and Western imperialism in East Asia after the mid-19th century opium wars, communities of merchants and settlers took root in China and Korea. New identities were construced, new modes of collaboration formed and new boundaries between the indigenous and the foreing communities were literally and figuratively established. This work brings together scholars in the history of South and East Asia and uses newly available source materials in a comparative study of Western and Japanese imperilism. The chapters examine European, American and Japanese communities in China and Korea. They challenge received notions of agency and colaboration by looking at the roles of British Indians, Jews, Japanese and colonial subjects, Chinese Christians, and White Russian refugees in Korea and China "In the new world order mapped out by Japanese and Western imperialism in East Asia after the mid-nineteenth century opium wars, communities of merchants and settlers took root in China and Korea." "New frontiers brings together scholars in the history of South and East Asia and uses newly available source materials in a pioneering and comparative study of Western and Japanese imperialism. The chapters examine European, American and Japanese communities in China and Korea. They challenge received notions of agency and collaboration by also looking at the roles in China of British and Japanese colonial subjects from Korea, Taiwan, and India and at Chinese Christians and White Russian refugees." Examines European, American and Japanese communities in China and Korea, and challenges received notions of agency and collaboration by also looking at the roles in China of British and Japanese colonial subjects from Korea, Taiwan and India, and at Chinese Christians and White Russian refugees. -- . "This volume will be of interest to students and scholars of the history and anthropology of imperialism, colonialism's culture, and East Asian history."--Jacket