Imperial Japan and National Identities in Asia, 1895-1945

Li Narangoa is a Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies at the Australian National University.Robert Cribb is a Senior Fellow at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.

The volume includes chapters on the Japanese imperial campaign in India, Tibet, Siberia, Mongolia, Korea, Manchukuo, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia.

Preface -- List of Contributors -- Note on Romanization -- Introduction: Japan and the Transformation of National Identities in Asia in the Imperial Era /Li Narangoa and Robert Cribb -- 1 The Icon of Japan in Nationalist Revolutionary Discourse in India, 1890-1910 /Victor A. van Bijlert -- 2 Japanese Strategic and Political Involvement in Siberia and the Russian Far East, 1917-1922 /Eva-Maria Stolberg -- 3 Japanese Expansion and Tibetan Independence /Paul Hyer -- 4 Mongol Nationalism and Japan /Nakami Tatsuo -- 5 The Japanese 'Civilization Critics' and the National Identity of Their Asian Neighbours, 1918-1932: The Case of Yoshino Sakuzo /Dick Stegewerns -- 6 Assimilation Rejected: The Tong' a ilbo's Challenge to Japan's Colonial Policy in Korea /Mark E. Caprio -- 7 Evil Empire? Competing Constructions of Japanese Imperialism in Manchuria, 1928-1937 /Rana Mitter -- 8 The Japanese Threat and Stalin's Policies towards Outer Mongolia (1932-1939) /Tsedendambyn Batbayar -- 9 The Problem of Identity and the Japanese Engagement in North China /Marjorie Dryburgh -- 10 Vietnamese Nationalist Revolutionaries and the Japanese Occupation: The Case of the Dai Viet Parties (1936-1946) /Francois Guillemot -- 11 Accord and Discord: Japanese Cultural Policy and Philippine National Identity during the Japanese Occupation (1942-1945) /Ricardo T. Jose -- 12 Japanization in Indonesia Re-Examined: The Problem of Self-Sufficiency in Clothing /Shigeru Sato -- 13 The Transformation of Taiwanese Attitudes toward Japan in the Post-colonial Period /Huang Chih-huei -- Afterword: Japanese Imperialism and the Politics of Loyalty /Li Narangoa and Robert Cribb -- Appendix: Postage Stamps and Japanese Imperialism /Li Narangoa and Robert Cribb -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.