Japan's Total Empire

Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism

Louise Young

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University of California Press
01 September 1999

History; Asian history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Social & cultural history; Colonialism & imperialism; Cultural studies

Series: Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power

"In this first social and cultural history of Japan's construction of Manchuria, Louise Young offers an incisive examination of the nature of Japanese imperialism. Focusing on the domestic impact of Japan's activities in Northeast China between 1931 and 1945, Young considers ""metropolitan effects"" of empire building: how people at home imagined and experienced the empire they called Manchukuo.

Contrary to the conventional assumption that a few army officers and bureaucrats were responsible for Japan's overseas expansion, Young finds that a variety of organizations helped to mobilize popular support for Manchukuo-the mass media, the academy, chambers of commerce, women's organizations, youth groups, and agricultural cooperatives-leading to broad-based support among diverse groups of Japanese. As the empire was being built in China, Young shows, an imagined Manchukuo was emerging at home, constructed of visions of a defensive lifeline, a developing economy, and a settler's paradise."

By: Louise Young
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Revised ed.
Volume: 8
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 635g
ISBN: 9780520219342
ISBN 10: 0520219341
Series: Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power
Pages: 500
Publication Date: 01 September 1999
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Louise Young is Assistant Professor of History at New York University.

Reviews for Japan's Total Empire: Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism

Young's extraordinary book will force historians of Japan to rethink their treatment of Manchukuo. Young's study also joins the new comparative scholarship on imperialism, which analyzes its transforming power not only on the colony but also on the metropole. She has thus created an essential work of scholarship for students of comparative imperialist history. --Parks M. Coble, American Historical Review