Asia Pacific Modern. Provincializing Empire : Omi Merchants in the Japanese Transpacific Diaspora /
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Berkeley, CA :
University of California Press,
[2023]
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| Series: | Asia Pacific Modern ;
18 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Map of Japan and the Pacific World
- Introduction
- Part One. Ōmi Merchants in the Early Modern Era
- 1 The Rise of Ōmi Shōnin as Diasporic Traders
- 2 At the Nexus of Colonialism and Capitalism in Hokkaido
- Part Two. Ōmi Merchants as a Model of Expansion
- 3 A Vision of Transpacific Expansion from the Periphery
- 4 The Production of Global Ōmi Shōnin
- Part Three. Ōmi Merchants across the Transpacific Diaspora
- 5 The "Gōshū Zaibatsu" in Japan's Cotton Empire
- 6 Ōmi Merchants in the Colonial World of Retail
- 7 A Shiga Immigrant Diaspora in Canada
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Glossary-Index