Technology of Empire : Telecommunications and Japanese Expansionism in Asia, 1883-1945 /

Nearly half a century ago, the economic historian Harold Innis pointed out that the geographical limits of empires were determined by communications and that, historically, advances in the technologies of transport and communications have enabled empires to grow. This power of communications was dem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yang, Daqing, 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Telecommunication systems.
Communications, Military.
Armed Forces > Communication systems.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 > Communications.
World War, 1939-1945 > Communications.
Telecommunication systems > Asia > History.
Telecommunication systems > Japan > History.
Japan.
Asia.
Japan > Armed Forces > Communication systems.
Japan > History, Military > 1868-
Japan > History > 1868-
Military history.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Genesis, 1853-1931
  • An Emerging Empire in the Age of Submarine Telegraphy
  • Wireless and the Crisis in the Informal Empire
  • Technology, 1931-1940
  • Toward a New Order on the Continent
  • Inventing Japanese Technology
  • Envisioning Imperial Integration
  • Control, 1936-1945
  • Negotiating Control at Home
  • Consolidating Control in China
  • Gaining Control in Southeast Asia
  • Network, 1939-1945
  • Systemic Integration
  • Operation, Meltdown, and Aftermath
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Harvard East Asian Monographs.

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