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Myth, protest, struggle and in Okinawa

Title
Myth, protest, struggle and in Okinawa / Miyume Tanji.
Author
Tanji, Miyume.
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group, 2006.

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Description
xii, 234 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
Summary
This book analyses the various ways and reasons people in Okinawa have engaged in protest against the US military since World War II and the links between such phenomena and earlier traditions of protest which are popularly encapsulated in the idea of an 'Okinawan struggle'.
Series Statement
Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge series ; [33]
Uniform Title
Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge series (2005) ; 33.
Subject
  • 89.62 political movements
  • Protestbewegingen
  • Okinawa-ken (Japan) > History
  • Japan > Okinawa-ken
  • Okinawa
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-226) and index.
Contents
Introduction : a community of protest in Okinawa -- Diversity and unity in the community of protest -- Annexation and assimilation : ambiguous origins -- The Battle of Okinawa and 'Okinawan pacifism' -- The first wave : opposition to US military land acquisition -- The second wave : towards reversion -- The anti-war landowners and the progressive coalition : the constitutional framing of protest -- Kin Bay and Shiraho : emergence of new social movements -- The third wave and beyond : the power of Unai and the dugongs -- Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 0415365007
  • 9780415365000
  • 9780415546881
  • 0415546885
  • 0203016122
  • 9780203016121
  • 0203016122 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9780203016121 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2005033076
  • 9780415365000
  • 9780203016121
OCLC
  • ocm62324768
  • 62324768
  • SCSB-14477444
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library