The Japanese Colonial Empire 1895-1945

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These essays by thirteen specialists from Japan and the United States provide a comprehensive view of the Japanese empire from its establishment in 1895 to its liquidation in 1945. They offer a variety of perspectives on subjects previously neglected by historians: the origin and evolution of the formal empire (which comprised Taiwan Korea Karafuto. the Kwantung Leased Territory and the South Seas Mandated Islands) the institutions and policies by which it was governed and the economic dynamics that impelled it. Seeking neither to justify the empire nor to condemn it the contributors place it in the framework of Japanese history and in the context of colonialism as a global phenomenon. Contributors are Ching-chih Chen. Edward I-te Chen Bruce Cumings Peter Duus Lewis H. Gann Samuel Pao-San Ho Marius B. Jansen Mizoguchi Toshiyuki Ramon H. Myers Mark R. Peattie Michael E. Robinson E. Patricia Tsurumi. Yamada Sabur Yamamoto Yzo.