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PUBLISHER: University of British Columbia Press

FORMAT: Hardback

ISBN: 9780774836524

RRP: £58.00

PAGES: 304

PUBLICATION DATE:
September 1, 2018

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Constructing Empire: The Japanese in Changchun, 1905-45

Bill Sewell

Constructing Empire will appeal to academics and other readers interested in the history of the Japanese empire, the origins of the Asia-Pacific War (the Second World War in Asia), Chinese history, urban history, and colonial studies.

Bill Sewell

Bill Sewell is an associate professor of history at Saint Mary’s University. He has contributed to Harbin to Hanoi: Colonial Built Environment in Asia, 1840 to 1940, edited by Laura Victoir and Victor Zatsepine; Japan Review; and Japan at the Millennium: Joining Past and Future, edited by David W. Edgington. He is also the editor of Resilient Japan: Papers Presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the Japan Studies Association of Canada and Seven Crucial Centuries: Changes in Premodern Chinese Society and Economy, 499 BCE-1800 CE by John Lee.

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