Asia and Postwar Japan: : : Deimperialization, Civic Activism, and National Identity / / Simon Avenell.

"Traces the unfolding of Japan's postwar Asia problem through various phases of deimperialization from 1945 until the early twenty-first century. It focuses on the thought and activism of progressive activists and intellectuals as they struggled to overcome rigid preconceptions about '...

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Superior document:Harvard East Asian Monograph Series ; v.451
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : Brill Academic Publishers,, 2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Harvard East Asian Monograph Series
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 428 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The early postwar period : Asia as ideology and ideal
  • 2. From ethnic nationalism to ethnic responsibility
  • 3. The Vietnam War, immigration control, and original sin
  • 4. Grassroots regionalization and Asian solidarity
  • 5. Another internationalization : postwar responsibility, inter-people diplomacy, and bananas
  • 6. The breakthrough : Asian community and identity in a time of change
  • Conclusion. Japan's postwar odyssey with Asia.