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The Making of Japanese Manchuria, 1904-1932 (Harvard East Asian Monographs) Paperback – September 1, 2003

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In this history of Japanese involvement in northeast China, the author argues that Japan's military seizure of Manchuria in September 1931 was founded on three decades of infiltration of the area. This incremental empire-building and its effect on Japan are the focuses of this book.

The principal agency in the piecemeal growth of Japanese colonization was the South Manchurian Railway Company, and by the mid-1920s Japan had a deeply entrenched presence in Manchuria and exercised a dominant economic and political influence over the area. Japanese colonial expansion in Manchuria also loomed large in Japanese politics, military policy, economic development, and foreign relations and deeply influenced many aspects of Japan's interwar history.

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    0674012062
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“Lurking behind the deceptively specialist title of this monograph lies an important and engaging book...In the described historical events, Japan found itself pulled deeper and deeper into a quagmire that led to a disastrous war. Matsusaka uses a chronological approach to examine the roles of the Foreign Ministry, the Army, and the South Manchuria Railway. The result casts great light on a crucial phase of Japanese imperial history while at the same time enthralling the reader with a tale to compete with a good novel.”―R. B. Lyman Jr., Choice

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Yoshihisa Tak Matsusaka is Associate Professor of History at Wellesley College.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvard University Asia Center (September 1, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 544 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0674012062
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0674012066
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.67 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9.25 inches
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excellent work of scholarship. Great details. This book will not be read for a casual and pleasant evening's entertainment but held on the book shelf and referred to over and over again.
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I'm sure as a textbook, and for a very very very specific class, this book would suit the purpose of said class. It's about 400 pages, and roughly 250 pages longer than It needed to be. the language is very complicated, and it takes about 2 and half minutes to get through a single page. so if you're a dull person and simply hate having any semblance of free time, this book is for you.
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Ponghedix
4.0 out of 5 stars Una sorta di libro sacro
Reviewed in Italy on June 5, 2018
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Docente al Wellesley College e laureatosi a Harvard, Yoshihisa Matsusaka ha scritto un'opera ponderosa sulla prima fase della penetrazione continentale giapponese in Cina, fondata sulla pervicace iniziativa della Compagnia della ferrovia della Manciuria meridionale (Mantetsu in giapponese, un'abbreviazione della dicitura completa).

L'opera presenta la Manciuria come regione, un inquadramento molto utile; quindi passa a elencare opinioni e pensieri nipponici su questa parte di Cina, da sempre (ovverosia da dopo il 1870) vista sotto una luce particolare. L'autore ricostruisce poi l'influenza che l'esercito ebbe nei colloqui successivi alla dura vittoria del 1905, la genesi della Mantetsu e l'avvio delle sue attività; non tralascia la lunga vicenda del generale Zhang Zuolin, signore della guerra mancese con il quale il Giappone tessé un'ambigua alleanza nel 1921, né il diversificarsi economico della Mantetsu (che arrivò a somigliare a uno zaibatsu, pur non avendone le caratteristiche tipiche - prima tra tutte la gestione familiare) giunta a controllare miniere di ferro, carbone, la coltivazione della soia, turismo etc. Il libro termina con il cap. 9 che va dal 1928 al 1932, cioè dall'omicidio del generale Zhang, l'emergere dell'indipendenza dell'Armata del Kwantung e la finale invasione della Manciuria.

Si tratta di un volume molto denso, fittamente referenziato, ben organizzato; ci sono alcune mappe e cartine che espongono il progressivo infittirsi della rete ferroviaria nella Manciuria (cinese, russa e giapponese), ma zero foto sui pur numerosi attori politici e militari che compiaono nelle pagine. Il linguaggio è tecnico, ricercato a volte, pertanto sconsiglio The Making of Japanese Manchuria a chi si trova alle prime armi con la lingua inglese.
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