This book examines Meiji Japan (1868-1912) to demonstrate the complex interplay between Japanese nation-building and the country's engagement with global processes.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction: Meiji Japan in global history
Catherine L. Phipps
2. Recording violence as crime in Karafuto, 1867-1875
Takahiro Yamamoto
3. Fukuoka's Meiji migrants and the making of an imperial region
Hannah Shepherd
4. Smithian rhetoric, Listian practice: the Matsukata 'retrenchment' and industrial policy, 1881-1885
Steven J. Ericson
5. Women, missionaries, and medical professions: the history of overseas female students in Meiji Japan
Hiro Fujimoto
6. The nationality law and entry restrictions of 1899: constructing Japanese identity between China and the West
Eric C. Han
7. Imagining an Islamic Japan: pan-Asianism's encounter with Muslim missionaries
Ulrich Brandenburg
8. Japan's global peace moment
Simon Partner
9. Meiji Restoration vacation: heritage tourism in contemporary Kyoto
Jennifer Prough
