Memories of the Japanese Empire
The contributors to this book examine and compare the colonial and decolonisation experiences of people in Taiwan and Nan’yō Guntō – Micronesia – who underwent periods of rule by the Greater Japanese Empire. Early anthropological theory of Western imperialist countries focused on transforming ''savage'' cultures by ruling in a high-handed manner. When Japan asserted its hegemony through sudden col...
The contributors to this book examine and compare the colonial and decolonisation experiences of people in Taiwan and Nan’yō Guntō – Micronesia – who underwent periods of rule by the Greater Japanese Empire. Early anthropological theory of Western imperialist countries focused on transforming ''savage'' cultures by ruling in a high-handed manner. When Japan asserted its hegemony through sudden col...