The Making of Japanese Manchuria, 1904-1932 by Yoshihisa Tak Matsusaka

The Making of Japanese Manchuria, 1904-1932 by Yoshihisa Tak Matsusaka

In this history of Japanese involvement in northeast China, the author argues that Japan's military seizure of Manchuria in September 1931 was founded on three decades of infiltration of the area. This incremental empire-building and its effect on Japan are the focuses of this book. The principal agency in the piecemeal growth of Japanese colonization was the South Manchurian Railway Company, and by the mid-1920s Japan had a deeply entrenched presence in Manchuria and exercised a dominant economic and political influence over the area. Japanese colonial expansion in Manchuria also loomed large in Japanese politics, military policy, economic development, and foreign relations and deeply influenced many aspects of Japan's interwar history.

Lurking behind the deceptively specialist title of this monograph lies an important and engaging book..In the described historical events, Japan found itself pulled deeper and deeper into a quagmire that led to a disastrous war. Matsusaka uses a chronological approach to examine the roles of the Foreign Ministry, the Army, and the South Manchuria Railway. The result casts great light on a crucial phase of Japanese imperial history while at the same time enthralling the reader with a tale to compete with a good novel. -- R. B. Lyman Jr. * Choice *

Yoshihisa Tak Matsusaka is Associate Professor of History at Wellesley College.

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ISBN 13	9780674012066
ISBN 10	0674012062
Titel	The Making of Japanese Manchuria, 1904-1932
Autor	Yoshihisa Tak Matsusaka
Serie	Harvard East Asian Monographs
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Harvard University, Asia Center
Erscheinungsjahr	2003-09-01
Seitenanzahl	544
Preise	Nominated for John K. Fairbank Prize in East Asian History 2001
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