Asian History

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Inner Worlds

Interiority and Capitalist Modernity in Japan

By Richard M Reitan
Subjects: Asian Studies, Japan, History, Asian History, Intellectual History, Psychology, Sociology, Philosophy
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

Explores the connections among interiority, capitalism, and fascism in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Japan

Four Years in Izumi

Village Japan in the Early Sixteenth Century

By Lee Butler
Subjects: Asian Studies, Japan, History, Asian History, Medieval and Early Modern History
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

An unparalleled view of village society in Japan’s tumultuous Warring States period

In the Presence of Gods and Spirits

Hirata Atsutane and His Collaborators

By Anne Walthall
Subjects: Asian Studies, Japan, Religion, History, Asian History
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

The legacy of Hirata Atsutane’s study of the Way of the Gods

The Community of Nuchi Du Takara ("Life Is the Ultimate Treasure") in Postwar Okinawa

Local Subjectivity within and against Empire

By Masamichi (Marro) Inoue
Subjects: Asian Studies, Japan, History, Asian History, Political Science, International Relations

Explores the conflict between Okinawans and the post-WWII US-Japan military alliance through the concept of nuchi du takara

Listening to the Voices of the Dead

The 3-11 Tohoku Disaster Speaks

By Jun'ichi Isomae
Translated by Lynne E. Riggs & Manabu Takechi
Subjects: History, Asian History, Cultural Studies, Religion, Asian Studies, Japan
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

An incisive observation of the traumas of loss and marginalization brought to the surface by the 2011 Tōhoku Disaster

The South Korean Film Industry

Edited by Sangjoon Lee, Dal Yong Jin, and Junhyung Cho
Subjects: Asian Studies, Korea, History, Asian History, Media Studies, Cinema Studies, Platform and Industry, T.V. & Radio
Series: Perspectives on Contemporary Korea

A multifaceted exploration of the South Korean film industry

Mediating Gender in Post-Authoritarian South Korea

Edited by Jesook Song & Michelle Cho
Subjects: Asian Studies, Korea, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, History, Asian History, Media Studies
Series: Perspectives on Contemporary Korea

An interdisciplinary look at gender and sexuality in contemporary South Korea

Seeking a Future for the Past

Space, Power, and Heritage in a Chinese City

By Philipp Demgenski
Subjects: Asian Studies, China, History, Asian History, Cultural Studies, Urban Studies
Series: China Understandings Today

An ethnography that illuminates the political economy of urbanization in contemporary China

Minor Salvage

The Korean War and Korean American Life Writings

By Stephen Hong Sohn
Subjects: Asian Studies, Korea, Literary Studies, Asian Literature, History, Asian History

Explores the forgotten archives and life writings of Korean War refugees

Women and Networks in Nineteenth-Century Japan

By Bettina Gramlich-Oka, Anne Walthall, Fumiko Miyazaki, and Noriko SUGANO
Subjects: Asian Studies, Japan, History, Asian History
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

Writing women back into Japan’s nineteenth-century history, enriching our understanding of the period

The Era of Great Disasters

Japan and Its Three Major Earthquakes

By Makoto Iokibe
Subjects: Asian Studies, Japan, History, Asian History, Nature/Environment, Cultural Studies
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

Uncovering the humanity and wisdom within the tragedy of Japan’s disaster responses to three major earthquakes

People's Wars in China, Malaya, and Vietnam

By Marc Opper
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Asian Studies, Southeast Asia, China, History, Asian History

The true measure of an insurgency’s success begins after victory

The Jurisprudence of Emergency

Colonialism and the Rule of Law

With a new Foreword by Antony Anghie and Preface by Austin Sarat

By Nasser Hussain
Subjects: History, Asian History, Political Science
Series: Law, Meaning, and Violence

The tension between the ideology of liberty and government by law in British India shaped the development of colonial rule, and thus, Western legality

Revisiting Minjung

New Perspectives on the Cultural History of 1980s South Korea

By Sunyoung Park
Subjects: Asian Studies, Korea, Cultural Studies, Activism, History, Asian History
Series: Perspectives on Contemporary Korea

Foremost scholars of 1980s South Korea bring new perspectives on this pivotal period, expanding the horizons of Korean cultural studies by reassessing old conventions and adding new narratives

Gendered Power

Educated Women of the Meiji Empress' Court

By Mamiko Suzuki
Subjects: Asian Studies, Japan, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, History, Asian History, Literary Studies, Asian Literature
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

Examines the contributions of three powerful Meiji women and how their own education and ideas about Japanese women’s potential shaped how females were to participate in modern society

The Burden of the Past

Problems of Historical Perception in Japan-Korea Relations

By Kan Kimura
Subjects: Asian Studies, Japan, Korea, Political Science, International Relations, History, Asian History

A rigorously historical investigation into the ongoing issues in Japan-Korea relations and how and why both governments have acted—and not acted—to address them

Beyond the Gender Gap in Japan

By Gill Steel
Subjects: Asian Studies, Japan, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, History, Asian History, Political Science, Cultural Studies, Literary Studies, Asian Literature
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

Gives critical attention to the issue of Japan’s low level of gender equality and the conflicting information from surveys of women reporting a high sense of well-being

Cultures of Yusin

South Korea in the 1970s

By Youngju Ryu
Subjects: Asian Studies, Korea, Cultural Studies, History, Asian History, Literary Studies, Urban Studies
Series: Perspectives on Contemporary Korea

A broad range of scholars explores the many avenues of cultural production during the Yusin period, casting new light on how it challenged and conformed to the ambitions of the state power

Embodied Reckonings

“Comfort Women,” Performance, and Transpacific Redress

By Elizabeth Son
Subjects: Theater and Performance, Asian Studies, Korea, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, History, Asian History

An illuminating study of how former Korean “comfort women” and their supporters have redressed history through protests, tribunals, theater, and memorial-building projects

The Female as Subject

Reading and Writing in Early Modern Japan

Edited by P.F. Kornicki, Mara Patessio, Gaye Rowley, and G. Rowley
Subjects: Literary Studies, 20th Century Literature, History, Asian History, Asian Studies, Japan
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

Reveals the rich and lively world of literate women in Japan from 1600 through the early 20th century

Daily Life and Demographics in Ancient Japan

By William Wayne Farris
Subjects: History, Asian History, Asian Studies, Japan
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

Explores the daily life of the citizens of the lost periods of ancient Japan

The Bluestockings of Japan

New Woman Essays and Fiction from Seito, 1911–16

By Jan Bardsley
Subjects: History, Asian History, Asian Studies, Japan
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

Introduces English-language readers to a formative chapter in the history of Japanese feminism by presenting for the first time in English translation a collection of writings from Seitō (Bluestockings), the famed New Women’s journal of the 1910s

Missionary Tropics

The Catholic Frontier in India (16th-17th Centuries)

By Ines G. Zupanov
Subjects: History, Asian History, Religion
Series: History, Languages, and Cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds

A provocative contribution to the history of early modern Euro-Asian interactions that provides new perspectives on the encounter between Catholicism and Hinduism in India

A Journey to the East

Li Gui's A New Account of a Trip Around the Globe

By Charles A. Desnoyers
Subjects: Asian Studies, History, Asian History, American History

A record of China's first officially sanctioned eyewitness account of people and places around the world

Banner Legacy

The Rise of the Fengtian Local Elite at the End of the Qing

By Yoshiki Enatsu
Subjects: History, Asian History, Asian Studies, China
Series: Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies

Sheds new light on the history of a central institution of the Qing dynasty and the figures who moved in it

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