The great Kantō earthquake and the chimera of national reconstruction in Japan /

In September 1923, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake devastated eastern Japan, killing more than 120,000 people and leaving two million homeless. Using a rich array of source material, J. Charles Schencking tells for the first time the graphic tale of Tokyo's destruction and rebirth. In emotive prose,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schencking, J. Charles (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]
Colección:Contemporary Asia in the world.
Temas:
1900-1999
Kanto Earthquake, Japan, 1923.
Disaster relief > Government policy > Japan > History > 20th century.
City planning > Social aspects > Japan > Tokyo > History > 20th century.
Tremblement de terre du Kantō, Japon, 1923.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Politique gouvernementale > Japon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
City planning > Social aspects.
Disaster relief > Government policy.
Tokyo (Japan) > History > 20th century.
Tōkyō (Japon) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Japan.
Japan > Tokyo.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cataclysm : the earthquake disaster as a lived and reported experience
  • Aftermath : the ordeal of restoration and recovery
  • Communication : constructing the earthquake as a national tragedy
  • Admonishment : interpreting catastrophe as divine punishment
  • Optimism : dreams for a new metropolis amid a landscape of ruin
  • Contestation : the fractious politics of reconstruction planning
  • Regeneration : forging a new Japan through spiritual renewal and fiscal retrenchment
  • Readjustment : rebuilding Tokyo from the ashes.

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