Little is known about how Asian American families, as well as other racially marginalized
families, communicate about ethnic and racial group histories, particularly regarding …

In this uniquely interdisciplinary work, Lisa Lowe examines the relationships between
Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas in the late eighteenth-and early nineteenth-centuries …

In Cold War Ruins Lisa Yoneyama argues that the efforts intensifying since the 1990s to
bring justice to the victims of Japanese military and colonial violence have generated what …

“This is one of the finest studies to appear in the field of East Asian studies in recent years. In
this highly readable book, Fujitani offers superior thinking and analysis on race relations …

The Reader considers the shifting institutional priorities of the museum from a focus on
collections to a growing concern for audience needs and expectations. It reflects on areas of …

From its creation in the early twentieth century, policymakers used the discourse of
international law to legitimate Japan's empire. Although the Japanese state aggrandizers' …

Collective memory quite naturally brings to mind notions of mnemonic speech and
representation. In this article, however, we propose that collective silences be thought of as …

This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of Modern Japan provides a concise and
fascinating introduction to the social, cultural and political history of modern Japan. Ranging …

On December 13, 1937, the Japanese army attacked and captured the Chinese capital city
of Nanjing, planting the rising-sun flag atop the city's outer walls. What occurred in the …

In Unsustainable Empire Dean Itsuji Saranillio offers a bold challenge to conventional
understandings of Hawai 'i's admission as a US state. Hawai 'i statehood is popularly …