On the margins of empire : Buraku and Korean identity in prewar and wartime Japan /
Bayliss, Jeffrey Paul,1965-
"Provides new insights into the majority prejudices, social and political movements, and state policies that influenced the perceived positions of Koreans and Burakumin as "others" on the margins of the Japanese empire and also the minorities' views of themselves, their place in the nation, and the often strained relations between the two groups"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-414) and index.
Modernity and marginalization: describing Burakumin and Koreans in Meiji Japan -- Early Buraku and Korean reactions: modernity and empire from the margins -- Minorities and the minority problem in the 1920s: threats to state and empire, and the liberal response -- Minority activism and identity politics in the age of imperial democracy -- The "minority problem" in Japan's "new order": state minority policies and mobilization for war -- Minorities in a time of national crisis: Burakumin and Koreans during mobilization and war -- Interminority relations, 1920-45: movements and communities -- Conclusion : prejudice, policy, and proximity on the margins of empire.
"Provides new insights into the majority prejudices, social and political movements, and state policies that influenced the perceived positions of Koreans and Burakumin as "others" on the margins of the Japanese empire and also the minorities' views of themselves, their place in the nation, and the often strained relations between the two groups"--Provided by publisher.
Minorities
Discrimination
Buraku people
Koreans