Ambaras, David Richard, 1962-

Japan's imperial underworlds : intimate encounters at the borders of empire / David R. Ambaras ; North Carolina State University. - xv, 281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University .

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[hardbound]

2018011109


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

DS885.48 / .A46 2018

REF 303.482520509041 Am16 2018