LEADER 01750nam 2200349 n 450 001 9910669818303321 005 20241107094311.0 035 $a(CKB)5690000000115032 035 $a(NjHacI)995690000000115032 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31520017 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31655163 035 $a(EXLCZ)995690000000115032 100 $a20230510d2023 uu 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aProvincializing Empire $eOmi Merchants in the Japanese Transpacific Diaspora /$fJun Uchida 210 1$aOakland, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 360 pages) 311 $a0-520-39011-3 330 $a"Provincializing Empire explores the global history of Japanese expansion through a regional lens. It rethinks the nation-centered geography and chronology of empire by uncovering the pivotal role of expeditionary merchants from Omi (present-day Shiga Prefecture) and their modern successors. Tracing their lives from the early modern era, and writing them into the global histories of empire, diaspora, and capitalism, Jun Uchida offers an innovative analysis of expansion through a story previously untold: how the nation's provincials built on their traditions to create a transpacific diaspora that stretched from Seoul to Vancouver, while helping shape the modern world of transoceanic exchange"-- Provided by publisher. 607 $aJapan$xCommerce$xHistory 676 $a338.0952 700 $aUchida$b Jun$0761876 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910669818303321 996 $aProvincializing Empire$93364227 997 $aUNINA