Sidney Xu Lu, "The Making of Japanese Settler Colonialism" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
New Books in Japanese Studies
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The Ideation of Overpopulation as a Political Claim
The central question revolves around a comprehensive exploration of Japanese emigration history spanning from the Meiji period to the post-war economic revival. The study covers diverse locations like Hokkaido, Hawaii, California, Brazil, and Manchuria, with a focus on Malthusian expansionism as a response to various factors. The book delves into the concept of overpopulation as a political claim and a demographic ideology, emphasizing it as an ideation rather than a reflection of reality.
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