The Making of Japanese Settler Colonialism : Malthusianism and Trans-Pacific Migration, 1868–1961 (Paperback)

Introduction: Malthusian expansion and settler colonialism; Part I. Emergence, 1868?1894: 1. From Hokkaido to California: the birth of Malthusian expansionism in modern Japan; 2. Population and racial struggle: the South Seas, Hawai?i, and Latin America; Part II. Transformation, 1894?1924: 3. Commoners of empire: labor migration to the United States; 4. Farming rice in Texas: the paradigm shift; 5. 'Carrying the white man's burden': the rise of farmer migration to Brazil; Part III. Culmination, 1924?1945: 6. Making the migration state: Malthusian expansionism and agrarianism; 7. The illusion of coexistence and coprosperity: settler colonialism in Brazil and Manchuria; Part IV. Resurgence, 1945?1961: 8. The birth of a 'small' Japan: postwar migration to South America; Conclusion: rethinking migration and settler colonialism in the modern world.