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Provincializing empire : Ōmi merchants in the Japanese transpacific diaspora /

"Provincializing Empire explores the global history of Japanese expansion through a regional lens. It rethinks the nation-centered geography and chronology of empire by uncovering the pivotal role of expeditionary merchants from Omi (present-day Shiga Prefecture) and their modern successors. Tr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Uchida, Jun (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023]
Colección:Asia Pacific modern.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Map of Japan and the Pacific World
  • Introduction
  • Part One. Ōmi Merchants in the Early Modern Era
  • 1 The Rise of Ōmi Shōnin as Diasporic Traders
  • 2 At the Nexus of Colonialism and Capitalism in Hokkaido
  • Part Two. Ōmi Merchants as a Model of Expansion
  • 3 A Vision of Transpacific Expansion from the Periphery
  • 4 The Production of Global Ōmi Shōnin
  • Part Three. Ōmi Merchants across the Transpacific Diaspora
  • 5 The "Gōshū Zaibatsu" in Japan's Cotton Empire
  • 6 Ōmi Merchants in the Colonial World of Retail
  • 7 A Shiga Immigrant Diaspora in Canada
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary-Index