Okinawa : the History of an Island People

Author:George H. Kerr

Summary:""The first full-length monograph on the history of the Ryukyu Islands in any Western language a standard work.""--Pacific AffairsThis book is the definitive work on Okinawan History and an important scholarly work in the fields of Japanese studies and Japanese history. Few people can point to Okinawa on a map, yet this tiny island sitting between China and Japan was and continues to be one of the most crucial Asian nerve centers in all U.S. strategic defense. Ninety percent of all U.S. military forces in Japan are located on Okinawa, one of the Ryukyu Islands

eBook, English, 2000

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Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, North Clarendon, 2000

Physical Description:1 online resource (450 pages)

ISBN:

9781462901845, 1462901840

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1058435574

Subjects:

Okinawa-ken (Japan) History

Ryukyu Islands

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Okinawa : The History of an Island People.

Kerr, George H.

Contents:

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One: Chuzan

1 The Legendary Past

2 A Century of Conflict

3 The Great Days of Chuzan

Part Two: Isolation

4 Continental War and Loss of Independence

5 The Years of Isolation

Part Three: Between Two Worlds

6 The Barrier Islands

7 The Mouse and the Eagle: Perry in Okinawa

8 Japan ""Protects"" the Okinawans

Part Four: Okinawa-Ken

9 The Ryukyu Kingdom Comes to an End

10 Assimilation by Japan

11 Between Hammer and Anvil: Okinawa and the Coming of World War II

Notes

Bibliography

Index. Afterword

Part A

Notes to Part A

Part B

Notes to Part B

Part C

Part D

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