Provincial Life and the Military in Imperial Japan (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia)

In contrast to the enduring stereotype of a ‘nation of samurai’, this book uses provincial newspapers and local records to hear the voices of ordinary people living in imperial Japan through several decades of war and peace. These voices reveal the authentic experiences, opinions and emotions of men, women and children. They show that the impression of a uniquely disciplined, regimented, militaristic society, which took root in the Western imagination from the 1890s and which helped bring about the Pacific war of 1941-5, is a gross illusion.  Stewart Lone challenges the long-standing view of prewar Japan as a ‘militaristic’ society. Instead of relying on the usual accounts about senior commanders and politics at the heart of government, he shows the realities of provincial society’s relations with the military in Japan at ground level. Working from the perspective of civil society and both rural and urban life in the provinces, Lone investigates broader civil contacts with the military including schools, local businesses, leisure and entertainment, civic ceremonies and monuments, as well as public attitudes towards the military and its values.  This book will be of interest to upper undergraduates, postgraduates and academics interested in military history and Japanese history.

Provincial Life and the Military in Imperial Japan: The Phantom Samurai (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia)

Lone, Stewart

Routledge

<p>"There has been no previous study of Japan's army and society in this the first of its modern wars. Utilising letters and diaries from the battlefield, provincial newspapers and local histories, the study presents the complex and diverse experiences of Japanese soldiers and civilians as war accelerated their entry to the modern world. In addition to explaining the military and diplomatic context of the war, individual chapters assess the impressions of troops as they journey to the front, their attitudes towards their 'fellow' Asians in China and Korea, and their sense of nationalism and duty; at home, we observe the role of the emperor as commander-in-chief, the response of the government at central and local levels, the use of the war in schools, its impact on communications, and the activities of patriotic groups, institutional religion and small business."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved</p>

Japan's First Modern War: Army and Society in the Conflict With China, 1894-95 (Studies in Military and Strategic History)

McMillin Pub Llc

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Korea Since 1850

<p>Deals exclusively and in detail with the modern period. Employing Korean and Japanese scholarship, the book: is a political history tracing the growth of nat. consciousness among ordinary Korean people; emphasizes the important role of external influence in determining modern Korea's fate; explains how Korea's geographical position made the country a repeated battleground for imperialist rivalries between 1880 and 1910; explains how, under Japanese dominion 1910-1945, Korea was transformed into a colonial dependency; and deals with the explosion of internal and international politics following liberation in 1945 and the attempts of both regimes to develop while maintaining vast armies. Illus.</p>

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Provincial Life and the Military in Imperial Japan: The Phantom Samurai

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