Local History and War Memories in Hokkaido (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia)
Language: English
Published by Routledge, 2016
Series: Book 106 of 177 - Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
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Hardcover, xxii + 222 pages, b&w illustrations in text, NOT ex-library. Limited signs of minor handling wear. Book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Contents: Introduction; Part I: Local War Memories in Hokkaido: 1. A Theory of Local War Memories / Philip A. Seaton [Defining Local; Local War Memories; Local Memories as Memories Possessing Mid-level Cultural Power; Hokkaido's War Experiences as Local History; Local History and Responsibility / Accountability; Conclusions] 2. Grand Narratives of Empire and Development / Philip A. Seaton [Japanese Empire, 1895-1945: A Critique; 6 Phases of Japanese Imperialism (Phase 1: the Seeds of Empire; Phase 2: Pre-modern Imperialism in Japan Near Overseas; Phase 3: Exploration and Delineating Borders; Phase 4: Gunboat Diplomacy and Expansionism; Phase 5: The Empire of Japan and the Great East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere; Phase 6: Decolonisation, Repatriation and Lingering Territorial Disputes); Grand Narratives of Empire and Memories of War; Grand Narrative of Hokkaido's Development; Conclusions] 3. Narratives of War in the Hokkaido Media / Philip A. Seaton [Histories of Hokkaido at War (Official Narratives; Military Histories); Testimonies of Ordinary People (Local Television; Hokkaido Shinbun (Doshin); Incidental War Memories of the Great Men and Women of Hokkaido; Other Testimony Collections); Conclusions]; Part II: Local History, Local Activism: 4. There Was a Raid in Sapporo, Too: Unearthing the History of Air Raids in Hokkaido / Tsuneko Hayashi [Introduction; Sapporo Air Raid (Eyewitness Accounts; Records of the Raid); Unearthing the Air Raids in Hokkaido (Wartime Accounts; Postwar Records; Recording the Air Raids in Hokkaido); Narrating the Sapporo Air Raid (City History; Testimony of the Bereaved Relatives; Education and Activism; Recording Air Raids and War Damage: The National Situation); Conclusions] 5. Local Hokkaido and National Memories of War Horses / Aaron Skabelund [Introduction; War and Horses; Horses and Hokkaido (Tokachi; Hidaka; Kushiro); Responsibility Discourses; War Horses and Local Memories] 6. Unearthing the History of Minshu in Hokkaido: The Case Study of the Okhotsk People's History Workshop / Hiroshi Oda [Introduction; Okhotsk People's History Workshop (Early Period; Chichibu Case and the Rediscovery of Inoue Denzo; Kusarizuka (Chain Mounds) and Prisoner Labour; Jomon Tunnel and Takobeya Labour; No-war Monument in Oketo: Korean and Chinese Forced Labour; Ainu People); Contextualizing War Memories; Minshu as a Reflexive Agent; Conclusions] 7. Unearthing Takobeya Labour in Hokkaido / Yohei Achira [People's History and the Establishment of Horukai; Takobeya Labour; Phase One: Unearthing Takobeya Labour; Phase Two: Pacific War Memories; Phase Three: Labour and War; Conclusions] Part III: Memories in Militarized Hokkaido: 8. Commemorating the War Dead at Hokkaido Gokoku Shrine / Philip A. Seaton [Introduction; Imperial Army Seventh Division and Hokkaido Gokoku Shrine; Gokoku Shrine Network; Local vs National Commemoration of the War Dead; Hokkaido Gokoku Shrine Controversy; Conclusions] 9. War Memory, Local History, Gender: Self-representation in Exhibitions of the Ground Self-defense Force / André Hertrich [Introduction; Overview of JSDF Public Relations Centres and Base Museums; Rikkun Land; Hokuchin Museum; Local History and Femininity in the Hokuchin Museum; Conclusions] 10. Building Snow Statues, Building Communities: The SDF and Hokkaido During the Early Cold War Decades / Aaron Skabelund [Introduction; A Picture Is Worth a 1000 Words: SDF Outreach; Anatomy of Dependence: the Economics of SDF Base Communities; Conclusion]; Epilogue; Index. …
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- Title
- Local History and War Memories in Hokkaido (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia)
- Author
- Philip A. Seaton
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1138838985
- ISBN 13
- 9781138838987
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Series
- Book 106 of 177: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan, barely features in most histories of the Second World War. However, the combination of distinctive war experiences, a vibrant set of local historian groups, and powerful media organizations disseminating local war history, has generated an identifiable set of local collective memories. Hokkaidoʼs status as an early colonial acquisition also makes the island an important vantage point from which to reassess the course and nature of the Japanese Empire.
This book argues that Hokkaido’s experiences of war and its militarized post-war constitutes a local case study with a much greater national and international significance on both theoretical and empirical grounds than first impressions might suggest. Using Japanese-language sources presented for the first time in English and a number of detailed local history case studies, it offers a fascinating and hitherto little-known perspective on the Second World War. It also combines a comprehensive theory of how war memories operate at the local level within a broad historical context that explains Hokkaidoʼs pivotal role within Japanese imperial history.
Demonstrating that understanding local history and memories is essential for a nuanced understanding of national history and memories, the book will be highly valuable to students and scholars of Japanese history, Second World War history, and Asian history.
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About the Author
Philip A. Seaton is a Professor in the International Student Center at Hokkaido University, Japan, where he is the convenor of the Modern Japanese Studies Program. He is the author of Japan’s Contested War Memories (Routledge, 2007), Voices from the Shifting Russo-Japanese Border (Routledge, 2015, co-edited with Svetlana Paichadze) and numerous articles on war and memory in Japan.
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