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848151
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Moore, Aaron Stephen,1972-
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Constructing East Asia : : technology, ideology, and empire in Japan's wartime era, 1931-1945 /\ Aaron Stephen Moore.
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| Publication Statement
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Stanford, California :: Stanford University Press,, [2013]
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, ©2013
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1 online resource (xii, 314 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0804786690
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0804785392
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9780804785396
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-301) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction : the technological imaginary of Imperial Japan -- Revolutionary technologies of life -- Technologies of Asian development -- Constructing the continent -- Damming the empire -- Designing the social mechanism -- Epilogue : legacies of techno-fascism and techno-imperialism.
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The conventional understanding of Japanese wartime ideology has for years been summed up by just a few words: anti-modern, spiritualist, and irrational. Yet such a cut and dried picture is not at all reflective of the principles that guided national policy from 1931-1945. Challenging the status quo, 'Constructing East Asia' examines how Japanese intellectuals, bureaucrats, and engineers used technology as a system of power and mobilisation - what the author terms a 'technological imaginary' - to rally people in Japan and its expanding empire.
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Fascism-- Japan-- History-- 20th century.
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Public works-- East Asia-- History-- 20th century.
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Technology and state-- Japan-- History-- 20th century.
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Technology-- Political aspects-- Japan-- History-- 20th century.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Japan.
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Fascism.
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HISTORY-- Asia-- Japan.
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Public works.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
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Technology and state.
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Technology-- Political aspects.
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Japan, Colonies, Asia, History, 20th century.
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Japan, History, 1926-1945.
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Asia.
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East Asia.
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Japan.
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| Dewey Classification
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303.48/3095209043
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T27.J3M65 2013
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