The Great Kantō Earthquake and the Chimera of National Reconstruction in Japan /

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Schencking, J. Charles,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Contemporary Asia in the World
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Physical Description:1 online resource (400 p.) :; ‹B›B&W Illus.: ‹/B›61.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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