Transnational Japan As History: Empire, Migration, And Social Movements (palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series)

"This volume looks at the history of Japan from a transnational perspective. It brings to the fore the interconnectedness of Japan's history with the wider Asian-Pacific region and the world. This interconnectedness is examined in the volume through the themes of empire, migration, and social movements"-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction: Framing Japan’s Historiography into the Transnational Approach....Pages 1-20 Regionalism or Imperialism: Japan’s Options toward a Protected Korea after the Russo-Japanese War, 1905–10....Pages 21-46 Pan-Asianism in the Wartime Writings of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean Intellectuals in a Transnational Space at Kenkoku University in Japanese-Occupied Manchuria....Pages 47-69 The “Siberian Internment” and the Transnational History of the Early Cold War Japan, 1945–56....Pages 71-95 Colonialism and Migration: From the Landscapes of Toyohara....Pages 97-120 Migrations and the Formation of a Diverse Japanese Nation during the First Half of the Twentieth Century....Pages 121-143 Statehood, Gender, and Japanese Migration to Singapore, 1890–1920....Pages 145-166 A Language for Asia? Transnational Encounters in the Japanese Esperanto Movement, 1906–28....Pages 167-186 Imagining “World Peace”: The Antinuclear Bomb Movement in Postwar Japan as a Transnational Movement....Pages 187-210 Transnationalism and Transition in the Ryūkyūs....Pages 211-241 Back Matter....Pages 243-275