Assimilating Seoul Japanese rule and the politics of public space in colonial Korea, 1910–1945

Assimilating Seoul, the first book-length study written in English about Seoul during the colonial period, challenges conventional nationalist paradigms by revealing the intersection of Korean and Japanese history in this important capital. Through microhistories of Shinto festivals, industrial expo...

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Main Author:	Henry, Todd A
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley University of California Press 2014
Edition:	1
Series:	Asia Pacific modern
Subjects:	20th century alienation Asia asian history assimilation city spaces civic assimilation class and nation colonial capital colonial period colonial state colonialism contact zones conventional nationalist paradigms Cultural assimilation empire Ethnic relations ethnographic history government initiatives historical HISTORY HISTORY / World imperialism industrial Japanese japanese history japanese imperialism Japanese occupation, 1910-1945 japanese rule Korea Korea (South) korean history Koreans material assimilation multiethnic polity postcolonial Public spaces sanitation Seoul Seoul (Korea) shinto festivals Social aspects spiritual assimilation transnational transnational korean history material assimilation government initiatives historical public spaces conventional nationalist paradigms japanese history colonial capital postcolonial sanitation spiritual assimilation empire civic assimilation contact zones ethnographic history city spaces colonialism colonial period japanese rule class and nation japanese imperialism alienation shinto festivals colonial state assimilation seoul korea industrial multiethnic polity asian history imperialism
ISBN:	0520293150, 9780520958418, 0520276558, 9780520276550, 0520958411, 9780520293151
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