Demarcating Japan
| Author | : TAKAHIRO. YAMAMOTO |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 284 |
| Release | : 2023-01-03 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781684176717 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1684176719 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (719 Downloads) |
Download or read book Demarcating Japan written by TAKAHIRO. YAMAMOTO and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In modern Japan's formative years, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, Tsushima, the Bonin Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands became the subject of inter-imperial negotiations, where empires nudged each other to secure their status with minimal costs rather than fighting a territorial scramble. Demarcating Japan argues that the transformation of border islands should be understood in as an interconnected process, where inter-local referencing played a key role in the outcome-Japan's geographical expansion in the face of domineering extra-Asian empires"--
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