Provincializing Empire: Omi Merchants in the Japanese Transpacific Diaspora
Jun Uchida
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 Ōmi
(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.
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 Ōmi
(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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Yıl:
2023
Yayımcı:
University of California Press
Dil:
english
Sayfalar:
362
ISBN 10:
0520390113
ISBN 13:
9780520390119
Dosya:
PDF, 7.29 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2023