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1	Sovereignty and Authenticity: Manchukuo and the East Asian Modern more books like this by Prasenjit Duara add to wishlist In this powerful and provocative book, Prasenjit Duara uses the intriguing case of Manchukuo--the Japanese puppet state in northeast China from 1932-1945--to explore how such antinomies as imperialism and nationalism, modernity and tradition, and governmentality and exploitation interacted in the post-World War I period. He argues that Manchukuo, ... see all copies from $18.95! new only from $38.28! \| first editions
2	Girl Who Played Go more books like this by S Sa add to wishlist Set in Japanese occupied Manchuria in the 1930s, The Girl Who Played Go is harsher, more shocking than Balzac, a timeless tale of love and war reflected in the age-old game of go. In the Place of a Thousand Winds, snow falls as a sixteen-year-old Chinese girl beats all-comers at the game of go. One of her opponents is a young Japanese officer of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Manchurian Legacy: Memoirs of a Japanese Colonist more books like this by Kazuko Kuramoto, Kathleen S Uno (Afterword by) add to wishlist Kazuko Kuramoto was born in Dairen, Manchuria, in 1927, at the peak of Japanese expansionism in Asia. Dairen and neighboring Port Arthur were important colonial outposts on the Liaotung Peninsula; the train lines established by Russia and taken over by the Japanese ended there. When Kuramoto's grandfather arrived in Dairen as a member of the ... see all copies from $8.93! new only from $29.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Japan's Total Empire: Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism more books like this by Louise B Young add to wishlist This examination of Japanese imperialism focuses on the domestic impact of Japan's activities in Northeast China between 1931 and 1945, to consider the "metropolitan effects" of empire building - how the Japanese people imagined and experienced the empire they called Manchukuo. see all copies from $16.84! new only from $35.94! \| SVS
5	Travels in Manchuria and Mongolia: A Feminist Poet from Japan Encounters Prewar China more books like this by Yosano Akiko, Joshua A Fogel (Translator), Akiko Yosano add to wishlist -- John McClain, Pacific Reader see all copies from $3.40! new only from $4.98! \| SVS
6	Manchuria: Cradle of Conflict more books like this by Professor Owen Lattimore add to wishlist MANCHURIA CRADLE OF CONFLICT BY OWEN LATTIMORE NEW YORE THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1931 COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY THE MACMELLAN COMPANY. All rights reserved no part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for ... see all copies from $31.49! new only from $31.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Life Along the South Manchurian Railway: The Memoirs of Ito Takeo more books like this by Joshua A Fogel (Translator), Takeo Ito add to wishlist see all copies from $13.80! new only from $20.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Resisting Manchukuo: Chinese Women Writers and the Japanese Occupation more books like this by Norman Smith add to wishlist "Resisting Manchukuo" reveals the literary world of Japanese-occupied Manchuria (Manchukuo, 1932-45) and examines the lives, careers, and literary legacies of seven prolific Chinese women writers during the occupation. In Manchukuo, a complex blend of fear and freedom produced an environment in which Chinese women writers could articulate ... see all copies from $24.18! new only from $24.18! \| SVS
9	Shamans and Elders: Experience, Knowledge, and Power Among the Daur Mongols more books like this by Caroline Humphrey, Urgunge Onon add to wishlist Shamans and Elders is a major study of Mongolian shamanism and society, past and present. It presents a wealth of new information, and offers a fresh understanding of the widespread phenomenon of shamanism. This unique and detailed analysis of a fascinating subject combines a discussion of Urgunge Onon's memories of shamanism with Caroline ... see all copies from $30.00! new only from $77.60! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Japan's Dream of World Empire - The Tanaka Memorial more books like this by Carl Crow add to wishlist JAPANS DREAJM OF WORLD EMPIR THE TANAKA MEMORIA a., . o. V, V n Edited, with an Introduction by CARL CROW PUBLISHERS HARPER BROTHERS YORK LONDO JAPANS DREAM OF WORLD EMPIRE THE TANAKA MEMORIAL Copyright, 1942, by Carl Crow Printed in the United States of America All rights in this book are reserved. No part of the book may be reproduced in any ... see all copies from $11.10! new only from $27.48! \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Heart of a Continent: A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, Across the Gobi Desert, Through the Himalayas, the Pamirs and Chitral, 1884-94 more books like this by Francis Younghusband add to wishlist In 1882, Francis Younghusband was commissioned into the First King's Dragoon Guards who were then stationed in India. Younghusband soon launched into his career of exploration with two brief sorties into the Himalayas. The Heart of a Continent, first published in 1896, tells of Younghusband's journey through Manchuria and along the Silk Road into ... see all copies from $17.58! new only from $17.58! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Crossed Histories: Manchuria in the Age of Empire more books like this by Mariko Asano Tamanoi (Editor) add to wishlist Crossed Histories represents a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to "Manchuria" under Japan's influence from the turn of the twentieth century to 1945. The contributors, who represent the fields of history, literature, film studies, sociology, and anthropology, unpack the complexity of Manchuria as an effect of the geopolitical ... see all copies from $29.76! new only from $49.75!
13 view cover	Prisoner of the Rising Sun: The Lost Diary of Brig. Gen. Lewis Beebe more books like this by John M Beebe (Editor), Stanley L Falk (Introduction by) add to wishlist A never-before-published account of the experience of an American officer at the hands of Japanese captors, "Prisoner of the Rising Sun" offers new evidence of the treatment accorded officers and shows how the Corregidor prisoners fared compared with the ill-fated Bataan captives. When Japanese aircraft struck airfields in the Philippines on ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $35.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	State, Peasant, and Merchant in Qing Manchuria, 1644-1862 more books like this by Christopher M Isett add to wishlist This study seeks to lay bare the relationship between the sociopolitical structures that shaped peasant lives in Manchuria (northeast China) during the Qing dynasty and the development of that region's economy. The book is written in three parts. It begins with an analysis of the ideological, political, and economic interests of the Qing ruling ... see all copies from $66.00! new only from $66.00!
15 view cover	Memory Maps: The State and Manchuria in Postwar Japan more books like this by Mariko Asano Tamanoi add to wishlist Between 1932 and 1945, more than 320,000 Japanese emigrated to Manchuria in north-east China with the dream of becoming land-owning farmers. Following the Soviet invasion of Manchuria and Japan's surrender in August 1945, their dream turned into a nightmare. Since the late 1980s, popular Japanese conceptions have overlooked the disastrous impact ... see all copies from $34.31! new only from $51.72!
16 view cover	Railways and the Russo-Japanese War: Transporting War more books like this by Felix Patrikeeff, Harry Shukman add to wishlist This book explores the nexus between railways and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) - the first modern war and one in which the railways played a key part. Felix Patrikeeff and Harry Shukman examine some of the key dimensions of the Russo-Japanese War, most notably how uncomfortably technological and human dimensions of Russia's war effort ... see all copies from $37.12! new only from $37.12! \| SVS
17	The Manchurian Frontier in Ch'ing History more books like this by Robert H G Lee add to wishlist see all copies from $4.51! first editions
18 view cover	Battle for Bataan more books like this by Richard C Mallonee, II (Editor) add to wishlist A complete, eyewitness account of the fighting on Bataan based on what is believed to be the only American diary from the defense of the Philippines to have survived the war intact. see all copies from $2.72! new only from $9.95!
19 view cover	Leadership Strategies, Economic Activity, and Interregional Interaction: Social Complexity in Northeast China more books like this by Gideon Shelach (Editor), Jeremy A Sabloff (Foreword by) add to wishlist An attempt to render Chinese archaeology more accessible to Western readers through a detailed case study of approximately 16,000 years of cultural development in northeastern China. The author addresses prehistoric sociopolitical processes in the Dongbei region through an analysis of both his and other researchers' field data and demonstrates the ... see all copies from $75.76! new only from $75.76! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Making of Japanese Manchuria, 1904-1932 more books like this by Yoshihisa Tak Malsusaka, Yoshihisa Tak Matsusaka add to wishlist This book explores the history of Japanese imperialism in Manchuria from the acquisition of a railway concession following the Russ-Japanese War of 1904-5 to the founding of the puppet state of Manchoukuo in 1932. The author argues that Japan's subjugation of this territory, although culminating in armed seizure in 1931, was, for the most part, an ... see all copies from $20.95! new only from $25.88! \| first editions \| SVS
21	The Far Eastern crisis; recollections and observations. more books like this by Henry Lewis Stimson, Council on Foreign Relations add to wishlist see all copies from $13.95! first editions
22	The Manchurian Crisis, 1931-1932: A Tragedy in International Relations more books like this by Sara Rector Smith add to wishlist see all copies from $17.00! signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Rediscovering Natsume Soseki more books like this by Soseki Natsume, Inger Brodey (Translator), Sammy T Tsunematsu (Translator) add to wishlist The 1909 account of Soseki's travels through Manchuria on the then recently-acquired South Manchurian Railway (SMR) in English. The introduction offers an in-depth reassessment of Soseki the man and writer as well as an insightful commentary on the SMR journey itself and the place of the travelogue in Soseki's writings. The volume includes a plate ... see all copies from $55.00! new only from $66.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Manchurian Myth: Nationalism, Resistance, and Collaboration in Modern China more books like this by Rana Mitter add to wishlist A powerful element in Chinese politics has been the myth of Chinese resistance to Japan's seizure of Manchuria in 1931. This text examines the shifting alliance of key players, traces the narrative of resistance to the occupation and shows how it became part of China's political conciousness. see all copies from $81.60! new only from $81.60!
25 view cover	Swallows and Settlers: The Great Migration from North China to Manchuria more books like this by Thomas R Gottschang, Diana Lary add to wishlist Presents both statistical analysis and the perspectives of individual migrants and their families. see all copies from $63.20! new only from $63.20!

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