Demarcating Japan : imperialism, islanders, and mobility, 1855-1884 / Takahiro Yamamoto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yamamoto, Takahiro (Writer on Japanese history), author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 460.

Harvard East Asian monographs; 460

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--Boundaries--History--19th century.

Japan.

Japan--Foreign relations--1600-1868.

Japan--Foreign relations--1868-1912.

Imperialism.

Boundaries.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 266 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2023.

Summary:

""In modern Japan's formative years, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, Tsushima, the Bonin Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands became the subject of inter-imperial negotiations, where empires nudged each other to secure their status with minimal costs rather than fighting a territorial scramble. Demarcating Japan argues that the transformation of border islands should be understood in as an interconnected process, where inter-local referencing played a key role in the outcome-Japan's geographical expansion in the face of domineering extra-Asian empires"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Imperialists and Interpreters in the Tsushima Strait Region

The Ryukyu Islanders and Their Altered Mobilities

Violence, Conviviality, and Survival in Sakhalin

And Then There Were None: The Kuril Islands

"No Gain in Owning, No Pain in Losing":

The Bonin Islands

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674291386

0674291387

OCLC:

1345519054

Publisher Number:

40031546560