The Great Kantō Earthquake and the Chimera of National Reconstruction in Japan / / J. Charles Schencking.
In September 1923, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake devastated eastern Japan, killing more than 120,000 people and leaving two million homeless. Using a rich array of source material, J. Charles Schencking tells for the first time the graphic tale of Tokyo's destruction and rebirth. In emotive prose,...
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. CATACLYSM: THE EARTHQUAKE DISASTER AS A LIVED AND REPORTED EXPERIENCE -- 2. AFTERMATH: THE ORDEAL OF RESTORATION AND RECOVERY -- 3. COMMUNICATION: CONSTRUCTING THE EARTHQUAKE AS A NATIONAL TRAGEDY -- 4. ADMONISHMENT: INTERPRETING CATASTROPHE AS DIVINE PUNISHMENT -- 5. OPTIMISM: DREAMS FOR A NEW METROPOLIS AMID A LANDSCAPE OF RUIN -- 6. CONTESTATION: THE FRACTIOUS POLITICS OF RECONSTRUCTION PLANNING -- 7. REGENERATION: FORGING A NEW JAPAN THROUGH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL AND FISCAL RETRENCHMENT -- 8. READJUSTMENT: REBUILDING TOKYO FROM THE ASHES -- 9. CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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