In Search of Easterners: Japanese Residents in Modern Shanghai (1868–1945)

Author: Chen Zu'en
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The establishment of the Shanghai International Settlement in modern times provided an important residential area and business base for Japanese residents to enter the East Asian market. This historical opportunity, to some extent, added a significant external impetus to the urbanization process of modern Shanghai. The Japanese residential area in Hongkou was part of the harmonious integration into the modern urban cultural environment of the settlement, and also preserved a distinctive foreign immigrant cultural display area for modern Shanghai. This book, with its plain and fluent text and carefully selected, precious, and appropriate images, systematically organizes the entire process of the Japanese community in Shanghai from settlement, development, to departure. It simplifies the complex, presents a rich and vivid account of the extraordinary century-long history of the Japanese community in Shanghai, and recreates their main experiences and scenes in economic, cultural, and social aspects. It offers readers a unique perspective on understanding the emotional bond between an immigrant group and the growth of modern Shanghai, as well as the modern journey of the Japanese nation. I believe that readers interested in this topic will easily gain rich, interesting knowledge and valuable insights from reading this book.