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This book offers a radical reinterpretation of postwar Japan's policies towards immigrants and foreign residents. Drawing on a wealth of historical material, Tessa Morris-Suzuki shows how the Cold War played a decisive role in shaping Japan's migration controls. She explores the little-known world of the thousands of Korean 'boat people' who entered Japan in the immediate postwar period, focuses attention on the US military service people and their families and employees, and also takes readers behind the walls of Japan's notorious Omura migrant detention centre, and into the lives of Koreans who opted to leave Japan in search of a better future in communist North Korea. This book offers a fascinating contrast to traditional images of postwar Japan and sheds light on the origins and the dilemmas of migration policy in twenty-first century Japan.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521683104
eBay Product ID (ePID)111689031
Product Key Features
Number of Pages286 Pages
Publication NameBorderline Japan: Foreigners and Frontier Controls in the Postwar Era
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGovernment, Transportation, History
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
AuthorTessa Morris-Suzuki
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight420 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorTessa Morris-Suzuki