Description
Recasts the commonly dismissed colonial project pursued in Hokkaido during the Meiji era (1868-1912) as a major force in the production of modern Japan's national identity, imperial ideology, and empire.
Table of Contents
1. Harvesting History: Modern Narratives for Patriotic Pioneers and the Imperial Military 2. Writing Ainu Out: The 'Nature' of Japanese Colonialism in Hokkaido 3. Penal Colonies and Political Protest: Narrating the Transformation of National Identity and Literature 4. A Pantheon of Promises: Fantasies of Freedom and Capitalist Dreams 5. Contested Sites of an Enduring Colonial Past
