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Transpacific Visions
Connected Histories of the Pacific across North and South
Transpacific Visions
Connected Histories of the Pacific across North and South
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This book argues that transpacific history cannot be comprehended without including “vertical” connections; namely, those between the southern hemisphere and the northern hemisphere. It explores such connections by uncovering small histories of ordinary people’s attempts at événements which they undertake by means of uneven, unlevel, and multidirectional mobilities. In this way, this book goes beyond the usual notion of transpacific history as a matter of Northern Hemisphere-centric connections between the United States and Asian countries, and enables us to imagine a transpacific space as a more dynamic and multi-faceted world of human mobilities and connections. In this book, both eminent and burgeoning historians uncover the stories of little-known, myriad encounters in various parts of the Asia-Pacific region. By exploring cases whose actors include soldiers, missionaries, colonial administrators, journalists, essayists, and artists, the book highlights the significance of "vertical" perspectives in understanding complex histories of the region.
Table of Contents
Introduction, Yasuko Hassall Kobayashi & Shinnosuke Takahashi
1. Meaningful Connections: Reflections on Transpacific Consciousness, Dario Di Rosa
2. Promise and Protection: New Guinea Villagers and the Role of Christianity During the Pacific War, Christine Winter
3. Anthropology and Colonial Administration in Transpacific Perspective: Australian “Government Anthropology” in New Guinea and Japanese “Practical Ethnology” in the South Sea Islands, 1924–41, Danton Leary
4. Australian Military Sexual Adventurism in the New Guinea Campaign, 1942–45, Caroline Norma
5. Japan's Last Colonial Frontier: Settler Migration, Development, and Expansionism in the Brazilian Amazon, Facundo Garasino
6. War Movements of people: War Evacuees and Military Linguists of Japanese Language in Australia During the Pacific War, Yasuko Hassall Kobayashi
7. The Hiroshima Panels and Australia, Alexander Brown
8. The Journey to the Archipelago: Shimao Toshio, Southern Localism, and the Dream of Japanesia, Shinnosu
Product details
| Published | Sep 30 2021 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 286 |
| ISBN | 9781793621320 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Illustrations | 2 b/w photos; 2 tables; |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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