Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Comparative and Historical Perspectives Chapter 1 3 Imperialism and Nationalism in the Twentieth Century Chapter 2 4 Manchukuo: A Historical Overview Part 5 Civilization and Sovereignty Chapter 3 6 Asianinsm and the New Discourse of Civilization Chapter 4 7 Embodying Civilization: Women and the Figure of Tradition within Modernity Part 8 The Authenticity of Spaces Chapter 5 10 Imperial Nationalism and the Frontier Chapter 6 11 Local Worlds: The Politics and Poetics of the Native Place Chapter 12 Conclusion Chapter 13 Glossary of Chinese Terms Chapter 14 Glossary of Japanese Terms
Prasenjit Duara is professor in the Department of History and professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.
Duara has written a wonderfully crafted, thought-provoking book
using a range of disciplines to explore the interplay between
nationalism and imperialism, showing how they are historically and
functionally interconnected. This important and well-researched
work considers several important issues related to 20th-century
imperialism in East Asia. Highly recommended.
*CHOICE*
An impressive and strongly recommended work of World War II era
history.
*Library Bookwatch*
A major work that overturns assumptions about nations, empires, and
identity. The interdisciplinarity of the book—history,
anthropology, literary theory—is breathtaking.
*Rana Mitter, University of Oxford*
A wholly original work that will make a substantial contribution to
our understanding of the development of the nation-state in East
Asia in the 20th century. It offers a feast of careful thinking
about the linkages between the nation, politics, scholarship, and
culture.
*Mark C. Elliott, University of Michigan*
Sovereignty and Authenticity is a tour de force, covering and
illuminating an astonishing amount of ground. By plunging in depth
into the detail of Manchukuo, Duara elucidates the universal
dilemmas of modernity.
*Gavan McCormack, The Australian National University*
Duara's book ably explores the complexity of Manchukuo while
providing us with a fruitful theoretical framework and useful tools
for the broader comparative study of nationalism in the 20th
century.
*American Journal of Sociology*
This imaginative, rich, suggestive, and immensely erudite book
offers much to ponder on the interconnected questions of
nationalism and imperialism, sovereignty and authenticity, and the
regional and global cultures of modernity.
*Journal of Asian Studies*
An immensely rich and imaginative study of Japanese-controlled
Manchuria. It makes an exciting and important contribution to our
understanding of the complexity of Manchurian history, Japanese
imperialism, and East Asian nationalism.
*American Historical Review*
Prasenjit Duara . . . offers us a wholly original, path-breaking,
and interdisciplinary approach to the geopolitical area of East
Asia. . . . [His] book is an embodiment of a new imagination of the
East Asian modern.
*Journal of World History*
A bold, imaginative, and extraordinarily well-researched study.
*Sheldon Garon, Princeton University*
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