{"product_id":"technology-of-empire-telecommunications-and-japanese-imperialism-19301945-harvard-east-asian-monographs-9780674010918","title":"Technology of Empire Telecommunications and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYang 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFigures, 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 \t 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","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49922418770263,"sku":"9780674010918","price":35.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674010918.jpg?v=1738537831","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/technology-of-empire-telecommunications-and-japanese-imperialism-19301945-harvard-east-asian-monographs-9780674010918","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}