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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2023]
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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