1st Edition
Alternative Histories of Development in Japan and East Asia Unthinking Modernization, Recreating Lifeworlds
Introduction, Timothy D. Amos, Akiko Ishii, Samson Lim Unthinking Modernisation Chapter 1: Between Stagnation and Development: Kumazawa Banzan’s Idea of Sustainability in Early Modern Japan, Akiko Ishii Chapter 2: Development and Modernity: The Case of the Sorai School, Olivier Ansar Chapter 3: Expertise that Travels: The Case of Japan and Vietnam in the Early Modern Period, Phan Hai Linh Knowing Natures Chapter 4: Changing Midstream: Water Conflicts and Local Knowledge in Pre-Meiji Osaka, Timothy D. Amos Chapter 5: Development and Nature in the Qing Dynasty: A Case Study of the Fu River Coastal Area, Sichuan Province, Yōichi Miyazaki Chapter 6: Fengshui Village Landscapes and Windbreak Forest Belts on the Ryukyu Archipelago: Rural Development of Small Islands, Bixia Chen Emplotting Technologies Chapter 7: Feudal Remnants? The Modern Afterlife of Japan’s Homegrown Iron Industry, Joanna Linzer Chapter 8: A Historical Reconstruction of the Changing Relationship Between Forests and People in Japan: A Case Study of Hirosaki Domain in the Nineteenth Century, Masahito Kayaba Multiplying Progress Chapter 9: Pillar of Tradition, Samson Lim Chapter 10: Two Foundational Fictions of Japanese National Literature, Scot Hislop Chapter 11: Excrement and Development in Nineteenth-Century Japan, David L. Howell
Biography
Timothy D. Amos is Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sydney, Australia.
Akiko Ishii is Lecturer at the Department of Japanese Studies at the National University of Singapore.
Samson Lim is Senior Lecturer in the History Program at Monash University, Australia.
