Ambaras, David Richard

Japan's imperial underworlds : intimate encounters at the borders of empire / David R. Ambaras - xv, 281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Treaty ports and traffickers: Children's bodies, regional markets, and the making -- Of national space -- In the Antlion's pit: Abduction narratives and marriage migration between Japan -- And fuqing -- Embodying the borderland in the Taiwan Strait: Nakamura Sueko as runaway -- Woman and pirate queen -- Borders in blood, water, and ink: Ando Sakan's intimate mappings of the South China Sea.

9781108470117 Hb., Bp.


Japan--History--20th century.
Japan--Relations--East Asia.
East Asia--Relations--Japan.

DS 885.48 A43 2018 JAPAN