附註:Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-456) and index.
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Map and Tables; Acknowledgments; Note on Sources; Part I: The Making of a Total Empire; 1. Manchukuo and Japan; 2. The Jewel in the Crown: The International Context of Manchukuo; Part II: The Manchurian Incident and the New Military Imperialism, 1931-1933; 3. War Fever: Imperial Jingoism and the Mass Media; 4. Go-Fast Imperialism: Elite Politics and Mass Mobilization; Part III: The Manchurian Experiment in Colonial Development, 1932-1941; 5. Uneasy Partnership: Soldiers and Capitalists in the Colonial Economy
6. Brave New Empire: Utopian Vision and the IntelligentsiaPart IV: The New Social Imperialism and the Farm Colonization Program, 1932-1945; 7. Reinventing Agrarianism: Rural Crisis and the Wedding of Agriculture to Empire; 8. The Migration Machine: Manchurian Colonization and State Growth; 9. Victims of Empire; Part V: Conclusion; 10. The Paradox of Total Empire; Bibliography; Index; Studies of the East Asian Institute
摘要: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 mobiliz.
