Meiji Japan in Global History

This book examines Meiji Japan (1868-1912) to demonstrate the complex interplay between Japanese nation-building and the country's engagement with global processes.

Catherine L. Phipps is Associate Professor of History and Director of International and Global Studies at the University of Memphis. She is the author of Empires on the Waterfront: Japan's Ports and Power, 1858-1899 (2015).

1. Introduction: Meiji Japan in global history Catherine L. Phipps 2. Recording violence as crime in Karafuto, 1867-1875 Takahiro Yamamoto 3. Fukuoka's Meiji migrants and the making of an imperial region Hannah Shepherd 4. Smithian rhetoric, Listian practice: the Matsukata 'retrenchment' and industrial policy, 1881-1885 Steven J. Ericson 5. Women, missionaries, and medical professions: the history of overseas female students in Meiji Japan Hiro Fujimoto 6. The nationality law and entry restrictions of 1899: constructing Japanese identity between China and the West Eric C. Han 7. Imagining an Islamic Japan: pan-Asianism's encounter with Muslim missionaries Ulrich Brandenburg 8. Japan's global peace moment Simon Partner 9. Meiji Restoration vacation: heritage tourism in contemporary Kyoto Jennifer Prough