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Japan's national identity associates the 'Japanese people' with the Japanese land, making the farmer the backbone of the nation.

Others in Japanese Agriculture challenges this mythology, revealing the changing faces of Japanese farmers during the colonial and post-war eras. First, it traces the tangled trail of Koreans brought into farming villages as a result of war mobilization and capitalist development. Second, it discusses the plight of those who evacuated from cities as they attempted to eke out a living on marginal land. Third, it points out that settlers repatriated from the colonies were met with hostility from villagers and indifference from authorities. Finally, it explores how those who were encouraged to emigrate for 'the good of the nation' in post-war Japan, found themselves victims of agrarian reforms, which severed their ties.

In sum, despite being lauded as the 'backbone of the nation' Japanese farmers have been repeatedly marginalized and othered.

Others in Japanese Agriculture: Koreans, Evacuees and Migrants 1920-1950

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Japan's national identity associates the 'Japanese people' with the Japanese land, making the farmer the backbone of the nation. Others... Read more

    Publisher: Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press
    Publication Date: 28/02/2018
    ISBN13: 9781925608977, 978-1925608977
    ISBN10: 1925608972

    Number of Pages: 374

    Non Fiction , History

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    Description

    Japan's national identity associates the 'Japanese people' with the Japanese land, making the farmer the backbone of the nation.

    Others in Japanese Agriculture challenges this mythology, revealing the changing faces of Japanese farmers during the colonial and post-war eras. First, it traces the tangled trail of Koreans brought into farming villages as a result of war mobilization and capitalist development. Second, it discusses the plight of those who evacuated from cities as they attempted to eke out a living on marginal land. Third, it points out that settlers repatriated from the colonies were met with hostility from villagers and indifference from authorities. Finally, it explores how those who were encouraged to emigrate for 'the good of the nation' in post-war Japan, found themselves victims of agrarian reforms, which severed their ties.

    In sum, despite being lauded as the 'backbone of the nation' Japanese farmers have been repeatedly marginalized and othered.

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