Mooring the Global Archive

A Japanese Ship and its Migrant Histories

Martin Dusinberre (Universität Zürich)

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Cambridge University Press
05 October 2023

History: theory & methods; General & world history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900

Series: Cambridge Oceanic Histories

Martin Dusinberre follows the Yamashiro-maru steamship across Asian and Pacific waters in an innovative history of Japan's engagement with the outside world in the late-nineteenth century. His compelling in-depth analysis reconstructs the lives of some of the thousands of male and female migrants who left Japan for work in Hawai'i, Southeast Asia and Australia. These stories bring together transpacific historiographies of settler colonialism, labour history and resource extraction in new ways. Drawing on an unconventional and deeply material archive, from gravestones to government files, paintings to song, and from digitized records to the very earth itself, Dusinberre addresses key questions of method and authorial positionality in the writing of global history. This engaging investigation into archival practice asks, what is the global archive, where is it cited, and who are 'we' as we cite it? This title is also available as Open Access.

By: Martin Dusinberre (Universität Zürich)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9781009346528
ISBN 10: 1009346520
Series: Cambridge Oceanic Histories
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 05 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Note on the Text; Preface; 1. Archival traps; 2. Between the archives; 3. Outside the archive; 4. Archival country, counter claims; 5. The archive and I; 6. The burned archive; Epilogue.

Martin Dusinberre is Professor for Global History at the University of Zurich.

Reviews for Mooring the Global Archive: A Japanese Ship and its Migrant Histories

'Martin Dusinberre challenges us to engage critically with the idea of a 'global archive' in writing global history in this fascinating study of the 'Yamashiro-maru', a Japanese steamship which transported Japanese migrants in the Pacific Ocean. This is an innovative and thought-provoking book, sensitively written.' Naoko Shimazu, Yale-NUS College and Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore 'In this engaging study, Martin Dusinberre situates migrant Japanese plantation workers, sex workers, and others in relation to imperialism, extractive capitalism, and formations of indigeneity in the Pacific. Challenging the epistemologies of the modern discipline of history, Dusinberre demonstrates how scholars might listen for other voices when assembling their archives.' David Ambaras, Professor of History, North Carolina State University