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Race For Empire: Koreans As Japanese And Japanese As Americans During World War II (Asia Pacific Modern)

Race for Empire offers a profound and challenging reinterpretation of nationalism, racism, and wartime mobilization during the Asia-Pacific war. In parallel case studies—of Japanese Americans mobilized to serve in the United States Army and of Koreans recruited or drafted into the Japanese military—T. Fujitani examines the U.S. and Japanese empires as they struggled to manage racialized populations while waging total war. Fujitani probes governmental policies and analyzes representations of these soldiers—on film, in literature, and in archival documents—to reveal how characteristics of racism, nationalism, capitalism, gender politics, and the family changed on both sides. He demonstrates that the United States and Japan became increasingly alike over the course of the war, perhaps most tellingly in their common attempts to disavow racism even as they reproduced it in new ways and forms.

Series: Asia Pacific Modern (Book 7)

Paperback: 520 pages

Publisher: University of California Press; Reprint edition (July 20, 2013)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0520280210

ISBN-13: 978-0520280212

Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

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Best Sellers Rank: #594,825 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #178 in Books > History > Military > Korean War #200 in Books > History > Asia > Korea #308 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Specific Demographics > Asian American Studies

This book breaks the mold of the generally accepted historiography of World War II.Be prepared for serious and honest discussion of racism in both America and Japan.

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