Tohoku : : Japan's constructed outland / / by Hidemichi Kawanishi ; translated by Nanyan Guo and Raquel Hill.

• Superior document: Regional Spaces, Cultures and Identities of East Asia, Volume 2
• VerfasserIn: Kawanishi, Hidemichi, 1953-
• TeilnehmendeR: Guo, Nanyan,; Hill, Raquel,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, London, [England] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Regional spaces, cultures and identities of East Asia ; Volume 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (199 p.)
• Notes: Translated from the Japanese.

In March 2011 Japan's Tōhoku region was devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami. This was another blow to an area that has been dogged by hardships throughout Japanese history. Beginning in the middle of the 19th century, modern Japan, in its quest to form a nation-state, situated Tōhoku on the periphery and emphasised the region's alleged backwardness. By examining how Tōhoku has been perceived and constructed through this lens across the span of history, Hidemichi Kawanishi reveals a Japan that is far more diverse than traditionally thought.

Table of Contents

Translator's foreword -- Note to the reader -- Introduction: Defining Tohoku -- Between Outland and Arcadia : 1780s-1880s -- A dirt-cheap wasteland : 1870s-1880s -- A burning sense of Tohoku spirit : 1880s-1890s -- Constructing Tohoku : 1890s-1900s -- Development and discrimination : 1890s-1910s -- Tohoku nationalism : 1880s-1900s -- Conclusion: The future of Tohoku discourse : 1900s-1910s -- Postscript to the Japanese edition.