The Boundaries of 'the Japanese': Volume 2: Korea, Taiwan and the Ainu 1868-1945 - Japanese society series

Explores the fluctuating political, geographical, ethnic, and sociocultural borders of Japan and the Japanese from the latter years of the Tokugawa shogunate to the mid-20th century. Focus is placed first on the northern island of Hokkaido with its indigenous Ainu inhabitants, and then on the mainstays of Japan's colonial empire - Taiwan and Korea.