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Harvard East Asian Monographs: Technology of Empire : Telecommunications and Japanese Expansion in Asia, 1883-1945 by Daqing Yang (2011, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarvard University, Asia Center
ISBN-100674010914
ISBN-139780674010918
eBay Product ID (ePID)22068273289
Product Key Features
Number of Pages468 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameTechnology of Empire : Telecommunications and Japanese Expansion in Asia, 1883-1945
SubjectMilitary / World War II, Asia / Japan, Asia / General, History
Publication Year2011
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, History
AuthorDaqing Yang
SeriesHarvard East Asian Monographs
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight27.4 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsYang carefully examines Japan's submarine and wireless telegraph and telephone networks and the ways in which the emerging system grew within Japan's expanding empire, as well as the ways in which the configuration of the system supported the empire and was, in turn, shaped by the demands and complexity of it. Scholars and graduate students interested in modern Japan, comparative empires, and/or technology and society will learn much from this new, important book., Yang carefully examines Japan's submarine and wireless telegraph and telephone networks and the ways in which the emerging system grew within Japan's expanding empire, as well as the ways in which the configuration of the system supported the empire and was, in tum, shaped by the demands and complexity of it. Scholars and graduate students interested in modern Japan, comparative empires, and/or technology and society will learn much from this new, important book.
Series Volume Number219
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal303.4/833/0952/09043
SynopsisNearly half a century ago, the economic historian Harold Innis pointed out that the geographical limits of empires were determined by communications and that, historically, advances in the technologies of transport and communications have enabled empires to grow. This power of communications was demonstrated when Japanese Emperor Hirohito's radio speech announcing Japan's surrender and the dissolution of its empire was broadcast simultaneously throughout not only the Japanese home islands but also all the territories under its control over the telecommunications system that had, in part, made that empire possible. In the extension of the Japanese empire in the 1930s and 1940s, technology, geo-strategy, and institutions were closely intertwined in empire building. The central argument of this study of the development of a communications network linking the far-flung parts of the Japanese imperium is that modern telecommunications not only served to connect these territories but, more important, made it possible for the Japanese to envision an integrated empire in Asia. Even as the imperial communications network served to foster integration and strengthened Japanese leadership and control, its creation and operation exacerbated long-standing tensions and created new conflicts within the government, the military, and society in general., The central argument of this study of the development of a communications network linking the far-flung parts of the Japanese imperium is that modern telecommunications not only served to connect these territories but, more important, made it possible for the Japanese to envision an integrated empire in Asia.
LC Classification NumberTK5101
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