{"product_id":"nation-empire-ideology-and-rural-youth-mobilization-in-japan-and-its-colonies-hardback-9781501730757","title":"Nation-Empire; Ideology and Rural Youth Mobilization in Japan and Its Colonies (Hardback) 9781501730757","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNation-Empire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIdeology and Rural Youth Mobilization in Japan and Its Colonies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSayaka Chatani (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501730757\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 December 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e366 pages, 10 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 3 b\u0026amp;w line drawings, 4 maps - 4 Maps - 10 Halftones, black and white - 3 Line drawings, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eChatani (history, National Univ. of Singapore) has written a groundbreaking study of how and why young men in rural areas of Japan and its then-colonies, Taiwan and Korea, became emotionally invested in the project of Japanese nationalism and militarism. Providing a new perspective on the emotional attraction of the Japanese Empire and the opportunities it provided to the youth in the colonies, this superb study will be required reading for those interested in modern Japanese history, Japanese empire-building, and imperialism and colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice) \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNation-Empire\u003c\/i\u003e contributes to a number of fields and should be widely read outside of East Asian history... while there are other works that address the local-global dynamic as it applies to colonialism in East Asia and elsewhere, Chatani raises the bar by adding several layers to both the local and \"global\" without slighting one over the other.\u003c\/p\u003e (PACIFIC AFFAIRS) \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNation-Empire\u003c\/i\u003e will already be of tremendous value to any scholar seeking to undertake comparative research on empires and global youth culture, and we can expect that this book will remain the definitive work on youth in the Japanese Empire for a great many years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e (The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth) \u003cp\u003eChatani's study impresses greatly in its in-depth investigation of three locations across the empire, making excellent use of primary sources and secondary scholarship in four languages. This range is what enables her penetrating analytical comparisons of regional and local variations.\u003c\/p\u003e (Journal of Japanese Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the end of World War II, hundreds of thousands of young men in the Japanese colonies, in particular Taiwan and Korea, had expressed their loyalty to the empire by volunteering to join the army.\u003c\/b\u003e Why and how did so many colonial youth become passionate supporters of Japanese imperial nationalism? And what happened to these youth after the war? \u003ci\u003eNation-Empire\u003c\/i\u003e investigates these questions by examining the long-term mobilization of youth in the rural peripheries of Japan, Taiwan, and Korea. Personal stories and village histories vividly show youth's ambitions, emotions, and identities generated in the shifting conditions in each locality. At the same time, Sayaka Chatani unveils an intense ideological mobilization built from diverse contexts—the global rise of youth and agrarian ideals, Japan's strong drive for assimilation and nationalization, and the complex emotions of younger generations in various remote villages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNation-Empire \u003c\/i\u003eengages with multiple historical debates. Chatani considers metropole-colony linkages, revealing the core characteristics of the Japanese Empire; discusses youth mobilization, analyzing the Japanese \u003ci\u003eseinendan\u003c\/i\u003e (village youth associations) as equivalent to the Boy Scouts or the Hitler Youth; and examines society and individual subjectivities under totalitarian rule. Her book highlights the shifting state-society transactions of the twentieth-century world through the lens of the Japanese Empire, inviting readers to contend with a new approach to, and a bold vision of, empire study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Note on Transliteration and Translation\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Nation-Empire as Global and Local History\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 1: THE SO-CALLED INNER TERRITORIES\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e1. National Trends\u003cbr\u003e 2. From Mobilization to the Social Mobility Complex\u003cbr\u003e 3. Totalitarian Japanization\u003cbr\u003e Interlude: Okinawa's Place in the Nation-Empire\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 2: THE SO-CALLED OUTER TERRITORIES\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e4. Colonial Intellectuals\u003cbr\u003e 5. Finding Rural Youth in Taiwan\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Emotional Basis for Japanization\u003cbr\u003e 7. Model Rural Youth in Korean Villages\u003cbr\u003e 8. Opportunities and Loopholes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 3: CONSEQUENCES\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e9. As Young Pillars of the Nation-Empire\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Back in Villages\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e On the Archives and Sources\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607774818584,"sku":"9781501730757","price":41.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/nation-empire-ideology-and-rural-youth-mobilization-in-japan-and-its-colonies-hardback-9781501730757","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}