
Sidney Xu Lu, "The Making of Japanese Settler Colonialism" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
New Books in Japanese Studies
Intellectual and Social Aspects of Expansionism
The idea of Moselzyn expansionism involved justifying the transportation of surplus people overseas to occupy unowned land. Social expansionism, particularly in Japan, was driven by social movements and changing socio-political landscapes to address issues like unemployment and poverty by offering immigration as a solution.
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