HI573:Japan'sEmpireinAsia,18681945:GlobalPerspectives Spring2014M/W1:302:45 Ricks117 Prof.DavidAmbaras Office:Withers460 Officehours:M9:3012:00andbyappointment dambaras@ncsu.edu 9195132228(duringofficehoursonly) NOTE:Syllabusissubjecttorevisionattheinstructorsdiscretion.Theonlinesyllabusis theversionofrecord. Courseoverview: WhetherduetoitsallegedlatecomerstatusortothefactthattheJapaneseruledasa nonWesternpoweroverotherAsianpeoples,modernJapaneseimperialismhasoften beentreatedaseitherseparatefromormerelyderivativeofWesternimperialism.

sm.Yetasa wealthofstudieshavedemonstrated,Westernimperialismwasitselfahighlyfractured fieldinwhichparticularpowerrelationstookforminresponsetoavarietyoflocal conditions.Moreover,fromaworldhistoricalperspective,itisimportanttoviewthe latenineteenthandearlytwentiethcenturiesasaperiodinwhichgoods,ideas,people, andpracticescirculatednotonlywithinbutalsoacrossimperialboundaries,shapingthe developmentofeachimperialsystemandleadingtocooperationaswellasclashes amongthem. ThisseminarwillusethehistoryofJapaneseimperialismandcolonialismtoexplore broaderissuesintheglobalandcomparativehistoryofempiresinthemodernera.Topics weaddresswillinclude:theformationofthemodernimperialistglobalsystemthecultural politicsofempirescolonialism,"colonialmodernity,"colonialidentities,and colonymetropolerelationsgenderandimperialismregionalmigrationempireandtotal waranddecolonization,history,andmemory.InadditiontoreadingsontheJapanese case,wewillworkwithstudiesoftheBritish,French,Dutch,andAmericanempiresaswell asgeneralworksonempires.NopriorcourseworkonJapanisrequired,thoughIwill assignaconcisehistoricalsurveyaspreliminaryreading. Requirements: (1)Regularattendance,reading,readingnotes,andclassparticipation.40percentofthe coursegrade.By9:00ambeforeeachclass,youmustprovideabriefprecisofthe assignedreadings'keyargumentsandfindings.Morethantwounexcusedabsenceswill resultinafailinggradeforthecourse.Forwhatconstitutesanexcusedabsence,please consulttheuniversitypoliciesonattendance (http://policies.ncsu.edu/regulation/reg022003). (2)Finalpaper.60percentofthecoursegrade.Thispapermaybeeithera historiographicalessayoraresearchpaperonasubjecttobedeterminedinconsultation

withtheinstructor.Thepapermustbeatleast20pages,excludingscholarlyapparatus. ThepaperwillbedueonApril23at5:00pm. Booksforpurchase: Idonotrequirethatyoupurchaseanybooks,thoughyoumayfinditusefultodoso.Iwill arrangefortheassignedreadingstobeavailableoncoursereserves. Latepapers,missedquizzes,andmisseddiscussions Lateassignmentswillnotbeacceptedunlessyouhavemadearrangementswithmeinthe caseofanexcusedabsence. Incompletes Incompletesaregivenonlywhenstudentsencounterunexpectedandunusual circumstances.Studentsmustbepassingthecoursewhenseekinganincomplete.The universitypolicyonincompletegradesislocatedat http://policies.ncsu.edu/regulation/reg025003. AcademicIntegrity Allsubmissionsinthiscoursemustincludethehonorpledge:"Ihaveneithergivennor receivedunauthorizedassistanceonthistestorassignment,"alongwithyourelectronic signatureandthedate.Whileyouareencouragedtodiscussclassworkwithyourfellow students,allsubmittedassignmentsmustbeyourownwork.Presentingsomeoneelse's workevenasentenceoradistinctivephraseasyourownconstitutesplagiarism,avery seriousoffense.Ifyouquoteothermaterialdirectly,youshouldmakethatclearbyusing quotationmarksandapropercitation.TheCodeofStudentConduct (http://policies.ncsu.edu/policy/pol113501)providesforveryharshpenaltiesfor plagiarismorgivingorreceivingunauthorizedaid.Forsomehelpinunderstandingwhat constitutesplagiarism,pleaseseetheNCSUHistoryDepartmentspageonplagiarism andtheHonorCode(http://history.ncsu.edu/ug_resources/plagiarism_honor_code).And besuretoreadthisdocument:OnPlagiarism. Studentswithdisabilities Reasonableaccommodationswillbemadeforstudentswithverifiabledisabilities.Inorder totakeadvantageofavailableaccommodations,studentsmustregisterwithDisability ServicesforStudents(http://www.ncsu.edu/provost/offices/affirm_action/dss)at1900 StudentHealthCenter,CampusBox7909,5157653.Formoreinformationonworking withstudentswithdisabilities,pleaseseetheAcademicAccommodationsforStudents withDisabilitiesRegulation(http://policies.ncsu.edu/regulation/reg022001). AntiDiscriminationStatement NCStateUniversityprovidesequalityofopportunityineducationandemploymentforall studentsandemployees.Accordingly,NCStateaffirmsitscommitmenttomaintainawork environmentforallemployeesandanacademicenvironmentforallstudentsthatisfree fromallformsofdiscrimination.Discriminationbasedonrace,color,religion,creed,sex, nationalorigin,age,disability,veteranstatus,orsexualorientationisaviolationofstate

andfederallawand/orNCStateUniversitypolicyandwillnotbetolerated.Harassmentof anyperson(eitherintheformofquidproquoorcreationofahostileenvironment)based onrace,color,religion,creed,sex,nationalorigin,age,disability,veteranstatus,orsexual orientationalsoisaviolationofstateandfederallawand/orNCStateUniversitypolicyand willnotbetolerated.Retaliationagainstanypersonwhocomplainsaboutdiscriminationis alsoprohibited.NCStatespoliciesandregulationscoveringdiscrimination,harassment, andretaliationmaybeaccessedathttp://policies.ncsu.edu/policy/pol042505orat http://oied.ncsu.edu/oied.Anypersonwhofeelsthatheorshehasbeenthesubjectof prohibiteddiscrimination,harassment,orretaliationshouldcontacttheOfficefor InstitutionalEquityandDiversityat5153148. Privacypolicy Studentsmayberequiredtodisclosepersonallyidentifiableinformationtootherstudents inthecourse,viaelectronictoolslikeemailorwebpostings,whererelevanttothecourse. Examplesincludeonlinediscussionsofclasstopics,andpostingofstudentcoursework. Allstudentsareexpectedtorespecttheprivacyofeachotherbynotsharingorusingsuch informationoutsidethecourse. Generalstatementonpolicies StudentsareresponsibleforreviewingtheNCStateUniversityPRRslocatedat http://oucc.ncsu.edu/courserightsandresponsibilitieswhichpertainstotheircourserights andresponsibilities. Onlineclassevaluations Universityadministeredonlineclassevaluationswillbeavailableforstudentstocomplete duringthelastweekofclass.Studentswillreceiveanemailmessagedirectingthemtoa websitewheretheycanloginusingtheirUnityIDandcompleteevaluations.Allevaluations areconfidentialinstructorswillneverknowhowanyonestudentrespondedtoany question,andstudentswillneverknowtheratingsforanyparticularinstructors. Evaluationwebsite:https://classeval.ncsu.edu Studenthelpdesk:classeval@ncsu.edu MoreinformationaboutClassEval:http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/classeval/

Scheduleofreadingsandclasses:
1/61/8Introduction/Overviews Takethefirstweektoacquaintyourselfwithsomeofthestandardtreatmentsofthe Japaneseempire: W.G.Beasley.1991.JapaneseImperialism,18951945 MarkPeattieandRamonMyers,ed.1984.TheJapaneseColonialEmpire, 18951945(esp.introduction) PeterDuus,RamonMyers,andMarkPeattie,ed.1989.TheJapaneseInformal EmpireinChina,18951937(esp.introduction)

 1/131/15Formationsofthemodernregional/globalimperialorder HamashitaTakeshi.2008."MaritimeAsiaandTreatyPortNetworksintheEraof Negotiation:TributeandTreaties,18001900,"inChina,EastAsiaandtheGlobal Economy:RegionalandHistoricalPerspectives,85113 TessaMorrisSuzuki.1998."Japan"inReInventingJapan:Time,Space,Nation, 934 RobertEskildsen.2002."OfCivilizationandSavages:TheMimeticImperialismof Japan's1874ExpeditiontoTaiwan."AmericanHistoricalReview107,no.2: 388418 EmmaJinhuaTeng.2004.Taiwan'sImaginedGeography,130,20936 CharlesAmstrongetal,ed.2005.KoreaattheCenter: InoguchiTakashi,"KoreainJapaneseViewsofRegionalOrder"(514) AlexanderLukin,"RussianViewsofKorea,China,andtheRegionalOrderin NortheastAsia"(1534) KirkLarsen.2013."ComfortingFictions:TheTributeSystem,theWestphalian Order,andSinoKoreanRelations,"JournalofEastAsianStudies13:23357 AlexisDudden.2005.Japan'sColonizationofKorea:DiscourseandPower,173? CarolChrist.2000."'TheSoleGuardiansoftheArtInheritanceofAsia':Japanand Chinaatthe1904St.LouisWorld'sFair,"positions8,no.3:675709 PaulKramer.1999.MakingConcessions:RaceandEmpireRevisitedatthe PhilippineExposition,St.Louis,19011905.RadicalHistoryReview73:75114 1/201/22(1/20=MLKDay)PostWWIReconfigurations ReadingsTBA 1/271/29Shiftingvectors/parametersofempire HyunOkPark.2000.KoreanManchuria:TheRacialPoliticsofTerritorial Osmosis,SouthAtlanticQuarterly99,no.1:193214 HiroshiShimizuandHitoshiHirakawa.1999.JapanandSingaporeintheWorld Economy(selections) AdamSchneider.1998."TheTaiwangovernmentgeneralandprewarJapanese economicexpansioninSouthChinaandSoutheastAsia,19001936,"inThe JapaneseEmpireinEastAsiaanditsPostwarLegacy,ed.HaraldFuess,16184 UlissesGranados.2008."JapaneseExpansionintotheSouthChinaSea: ColonizationandConflict,19021939,"JournalofAsianHistory42:11742 ManHoungLin.2011"ThePowerofCultureanditsLimits:TaiwaneseMerchants' AsianCommodityFlows,18951945,"inChineseCirculations,ed.Eric TagliacozzoandWenChinChang,30335 HueiyinKuo.2011.SocialDiscourseandEconomicFunctions:TheSingapore ChineseinJapansSouthwardExpansionbetween1914and1941.InSingapore inGlobalHistory,ed.DerekThiamSoonHengetal. ThomasMetcalf.2007.ImperialConnections:IndiaintheIndianOceanArena, 18601920,115,165203

 2/32/5Forginganimperialeconomicandculturalzone MichaelSchiltz.2012.TheMoneyDoctorsfromJapan:Finance,Imperialism,and theBuildingoftheYenBloc,18951937(selection) MichaelBaskett.2008.TheAttractiveEmpire:TransnationalFilmCulturein ImperialJapan 2/102/12Colonialism(1):Korea AnnStolerandFrederickCooper.1997."BetweenMetropoleandColony: RethinkingaResearchAgenda,"inTensionsofEmpire:ColonialCulturesina BourgeoisWorld,137 MarkCaprio.2009.JapaneseAssimilationPoliciesinColonialKorea,19101945 GiWookShinandMichaelRobinson,ed.1999.ColonialModernityinKorea,169, 31135 CarterEckert.1996."TotalWar,Industrialization,andSocialChangeinLate ColonialKorea,"inTheJapaneseWartimeEmpire,19311945,ed.PeterDuus, RamonMyers,andMarkPeattie,339 2/172/19Colonialism(2):Taiwan MingChengLo.2001.DoctorsWithinBorders:Profession,Ethnicity,and ModernityinColonialTaiwan LiaoBinghuiandWangDewei.1995.TaiwanUnderJapaneseColonialRule, 18951945:History,Culture,Memory: LiaoPingHui,"TaiwanUnderJapaneseColonialRule,18951945:History, Culture,Memory"(116) YaoJento,"TheJapaneseColonialStateanditsFormofKnowledgein Taiwan"(3761) FongShiawChian,"HegemonyandIdentityintheColonialExperienceof Taiwan,18951945"(16084) HirokoMatsuda.2012."BecomingJapaneseintheColony:OkinawanMigrantsin ColonialTaiwan,"CulturalStudies26:688709 PaulBarclay.2003."'TheyHavefortheCoastDwellersaTraditionalHatred': GoverningIgorotsinNorthernLuzonandCentralTaiwan,18951915,"inThe AmericanColonialStateinthePhilippines,ed.JulianGoandAnneFoster, 21755 2/242/26Settlercolonialism JunUchida.2011.BrokersofEmpire:JapaneseSettlerColonialisminKorea, 18761945 CarolineElkinsandSusanPedersen.2005.SettlerColonialismintheTwentieth Century:Projects,Practices,Legacies: ElkinsandPedersen."Introduction:SettlerColonialism:AConceptandIts Uses"(120) BenjaminStora."The'SouthernWorld'ofthePiedsNoirs:Referencestoand RepresentationsofEuropeansinColonialAlgeria"(22541)

 3/33/5Genderandcolonialintimacies ChaoJuChen.2014."SimpuaUndertheColonialGaze:Gender,'OldCustoms,' andtheLawinTaiwanunderJapaneseImperialism,"inGenderandLawinthe JapaneseImperium,ed.SusanBurnsandBarbaraBrooks,189218 JinKyungPark.2013."HusbandMurderasthe'Sickness'ofKorea:Carceral Gynecology,Race,andTraditioninColonialKorea,19261932,"Journalof Women'sHistory25,no.3:116140 InsookKwon.1998.TheNewWomensMovementin1920sKorea:Rethinking theRelationshipBetweenImperialismandWomen,GenderandHistory10,no.3: 381405 BarbaraBrooks.2005"ReadingtheJapaneseColonialArchive:Genderand BourgeoisCivilityinKoreaandManchuriaBefore1932,inGenderingModern JapaneseHistory,ed.BarbaraMolonyandKathleenUno,295325 PaulBarclay.2005."CulturalBrokerageandInterethnicMarriageinColonial Taiwan:JapaneseSubalternsandTheirAborigineWives,18951930,"Journalof AsianStudies64,no.2:32360 AnnStoler.2002.CarnalKnowledgeandImperialPower:RaceandtheIntimatein ColonialRule(selections) 3/103/14SpringBreak 3/173/19Manchukuoandmodernism JaniceMimura.2009.PlanningforEmpire:ReformBureaucratsandthe JapaneseWartimeState LouiseYoung.1998.Japan'sTotalEmpire:ManchuriaandtheCultureofWartime Imperialism,241303 MarikoAsanoTamanoi.2000.Knowledge,Power,andRacialClassifications:The JapaneseinManchuria,JournalofAsianStudies59:24876 RanaMitter.2003."EvilEmpire?CompetingConstructionsofJapanese ImperialisminManchuria,19281937,"inImperialJapanandnationalidentitiesin Asia,18951945,ed.RobertCribbandLiNarangoa,14665 GwendolynWright.1991."TraditionintheServiceofModernity,"inTensionsof Empire,32245 PaulRabinow.1992."FranceinMorocco:TechnocosmopolitanismandMiddling Modernism,"Assemblage17:5257 3/243/26Empire,science,technology,environment AaronMoore.2013.ConstructingEastAsia:Technology,Ideology,andEmpirein Japan'sWartimeEra,19311945 DavidGilmartin.2006."ImperialRivers:IrrigationandBritishVisionsofEmpire,"in DecentringEmpire:Britain,India,andtheTranscolonialWorld,ed.DurbaGhosh andDaneKennedy, 3/314/2AsiaPacificWar(1)

 AkiraIriye.1981.PowerandCulture:TheJapaneseAmericanWar,19411945 (esp.196,skimtherest) JohnDower.1986.WarWithoutMercy:RaceandPowerinthePacificWar 4/74/9AsiaPacificWar(2) TakashiFujitani.2011.RaceforEmpire:KoreansasJapaneseandJapaneseas AmericansduringWorldWarII EiichiroAzuma.2008."'PioneersofOverseasJapaneseDevelopment':Japanese AmericanHistoryandtheMakingofExpansionistOrthodoxyinImperialJapan," JournalofAsianStudies67,no.4:11871226 4/144/16Noclass 4/214/23Decolonization,history,memory LoriWatt.2009.WhenEmpireComesHome:RepatriationandReintegrationin PostwarJapan BruceCumings.1993."Japan'sPositionintheWorldSystem,"inPostwarJapanas History,ed.AndrewGordon, SheilaMiyoshiJagerandRanaMitter,ed.2007.RupturedHistories:War, Memory,andthePostColdWarinAsia,1121 BenjaminStora.2006."TheAlgerianWarinFrenchMemory:VengefulMemory's Violence,"inMemoryandviolenceintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica,ed. UssamaMakdisiandPaulSilverstein,15176