MATSU - History 1

During his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln expressed hope that the "better angels of our nature" would prevail as war loomed. He was wrong. The better angels did not, but for many Americans……続きを見る

An examination of the Farm Security Administration's migrant camp system and the people it served Today's concern for the quality of the produce on our plates has done little to guarantee U.S. farmw……続きを見る

In Millenarian Dreams and Racial Nightmares, John H. Matsui argues that the political ideology and racial views of American Protestants during the Civil War mirrored their religious optimism or pess……続きを見る

How do modern states emerge from the turmoil of undergoverned spaces? This is the question Reo Matsuzaki ponders in Statebuilding by Imposition. Comparing Taiwan and the Philippines under the coloni……続きを見る

Although much is known about the political stance of the military at large during the Civil War, the political party affiliations of individual soldiers have received little attention. Drawing on ar……続きを見る

A Fantasy of Far Japan; Or, Summer Dream Dialogues by Kencho Suematsu is a unique blend of travel narrative and philosophical dialogue. The book presents a series of conversations between a Western ……続きを見る

This curated and contextualized primary source collection examines the history of Asian Americans from precolonial times to the present day. From their integral role in the expansion of transcontine……続きを見る

Discover ghostly history from Arlington to Occoquan, Leesburg to Lorton  Across the river from Washington, D.C. lies one of the most haunted areas in the country. From Arlington National Cemetery t……続きを見る

Japan’s oceans demand our attention. Violent, prolific, and changeful, they define life and death on the archipelago: pushing the shore under the rush of tsunami, charging typhoon circulation, feedi……続きを見る

This is an anthology of literature and graphic illustration that effectively defined a formative moment in the history of London. 続きを見る

This is an anthology of literature and graphic illustration that effectively defined a formative moment in the history of London. 続きを見る

This is an anthology of literature and graphic illustration that effectively defined a formative moment in the history of London. 続きを見る

This is an anthology of literature and graphic illustration that effectively defined a formative moment in the history of London. 続きを見る

This is an anthology of literature and graphic illustration that effectively defined a formative moment in the history of London. 続きを見る

This is an anthology of literature and graphic illustration that effectively defined a formative moment in the history of London. 続きを見る

The emergence of modernity has typically focused on Western male actors and privileged politics and economy over culture. The contributors to this volume successfully unsettle such perspectives by e……続きを見る

In Waiting for the Cool Moon Wendy Matsumura interrogates the erasure of colonial violence at the heart of Japanese nation-state formation. She critiques Japan studies’ role in this effacement and c……続きを見る

This book explores a panorama of historical studies, focused on the historical tensions between genealogical knowledge and well-known Pacific Islander engagements with genomic research in a postwar ……続きを見る

The second generation of Pacific historians, who began their careers in the 1970s and 1980s, is gradually fading from the academic scene. They have made fundamental contributions to the field of Pac……続きを見る

“Highlight[s] the numerous spirits which inhabit this charming Georgia town, while also offering a glimpse into the town's non-paranormal past” (Newswire). Few places have continued to grow, prosper……続きを見る

Desde el lejano Saipán en las postrimerías del Japón imperial, a la Argentina, Memorias relata en primera persona una privilegiada visión de dos culturas contrapuestas que coexisten en la persona de……続きを見る

《朝日新聞》及《讀賣新聞》書評委員一致推薦 「2011年最好看的書」！ 一舉同步狂登日本各大報及雜誌的書評專欄 《朝日新聞》、《產經新聞》、《讀賣新聞》、《日本經濟新聞》、《文藝春秋》、《週刊新潮》…… 齊聲……続きを見る

Asia, the Pacific Islands and the coasts of the Americas have long been studied separately. This essential single-volume history of the Pacific traces the global interactions and remarkable peoples ……続きを見る

Grounded in the fields of Ethnomusicology, Anthropology, Popular Music Studies, and Japanese Studies, this book explores the underground Tokyo hardcore scene, ultimately asking what play as resistan……続きを見る

"A FANTASY OF FAR JAPAN OR SUMMER DREAM DIALOGUES" was originally published in 1905. The book "depicts Japanese ideals and notions at the turn of the century, as well as some histori……続きを見る

The Complete Works of Kencho Suematsu Viscount Suematsu Kenchō was a Japanese politician, intellectual and author, who lived in the Meiji and Taishō periods. Apart from his activity in the Japanese ……続きを見る

The essays in this book cover a fast-paced 150 years of Vatican diplomacy, starting from the fall of the Papal States in 1870 to the present day. They trace the transformation of the Vatican from a ……続きを見る

Music has long played a prominent role in cultural diplomacy, but until now no resource has comparatively examined policies that shape how non-western countries use music for international relations……続きを見る

Among the fiercest opponents of the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II was journalist James "Jimmie" Matsumoto Omura. In his sharp-penned columns, Omura fearlessly called o……続きを見る

We in Japan have a saying, "A brother is the beginning of a stranger," because on the father's death the oldest brother acquires such absolute authority as the head of the family that the younger on……続きを見る