{"product_id":"race-for-empire-9780520280212","title":"Race for Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers a profound reinterpretation of nationalism, racism, and wartime mobilization during the Asia-Pacific war. This book demonstrates that the United States and Japan became increasingly alike over the course of the war, perhaps most tellingly in their common attempts to disavow racism even as they reproduced it in new ways and forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] monumental history... This magisterial book will be indispensable reading for historians of the United States, Japan, and Korea.\" -- Kornel S. Chang, Rutgers University Jrnl Of American History \"[This book] is very important and should be read and studied by all serious students of Asian studies, Japanese American studies, and the Pacific War... Highly recommended.\" Choice \"Truly impressive archival work and rigorous conceptualization... Provides compelling narratives and analyses of Japanese colonialism in Korea.\" -- Henry Em, Yonsei University Cross Currents: East Asian History \u0026amp; Cultural Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations  Preface and Acknowledgments  Note on Romanization and Naming  Commonly Used Acronyms   Introduction: Ethnic and Colonial Soldiers and the Politics of Disavowal   Part One: From Vulgar to Polite Racism  1. Right to Kill, Right to Make Live: Koreans as Japanese  2. \"Very Useful and Very Dangerous\": The Global Politics of Life, Death, and Race   Part Two: Japanese as Americans  3. Subject to Choice, Labyrinth of (Un)freedom  4. Reasoning, Counterreasonings, and Counter-conduct  5. Go for Broke, the Movie: The Transwar Making of American Heroes   Part Three: Koreans as Japanese  6. National Mobilization  7. Nation, Blood, and Self-Determination  8. The Colonial and National Politics of Gender, Sex, and Family   Epilogue: \"Four Volunteer Soldiers\"   Notes  Selected Bibliography  Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402867548503,"sku":"9780520280212","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520280212.jpg?v=1730481726","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/race-for-empire-9780520280212","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}