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Book SynopsisThe central argument of this study of the development of a communications network linking the far-flung parts of the Japanese imperium is that modern telecommunications not only served to connect these territories but, more important, made it possible for the Japanese to envision an integrated empire in Asia.
Trade ReviewYang carefully examines Japan’s submarine and wireless telegraph and telephone networks and the ways in which the emerging system grew within Japan’s expanding empire, as well as the ways in which the configuration of the system supported the empire and was, in turn, shaped by the demands and complexity of it. Scholars and graduate students interested in modern Japan, comparative empires, and/or technology and society will learn much from this new, important book. -- W. D. Kinzley * Choice *
Table of ContentsFigures, Tables, Maps, and Photographs Abbreviations Epigraph Sources Introduction Part I: Genesis, 1853-1931 1. An Emerging Empire in the Age of Submarine Telegraphy 2. Wireless and the Crisis in the Informal Empire Part II: Technology, 1931-1940 3. Toward a New Order on the Continent 4. Inventing Japanese Technology 5. Envisioning Imperial Integration Part III: Control, 1936-1945 6. Negotiating Control at Home 7. Consolidating Control in China 8. Gaining Control in Southeast Asia Part IV: Network, 1939-1945 9. Integrating Systems 10. Operation, Meltdown and Aftermath Conclusion Bibliography Index
