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Format: XXII, 374 Seiten , Illustrationen, Karten

ISBN: 9780231162180 , 0231162189

Series Statement: Contemporary Asia in the world

Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 347-362 , Introduction -- Cataclysm : the earthquake disaster as a lived and reported experience -- Aftermath : the ordeal of restoration and recovery -- Communication : constructing the earthquake as a national tragedy -- Admonishment : interpreting catastrophe as divine punishment -- Optimism : dreams for a new metropolis amid a landscape of ruin -- Contestation : the fractious politics of reconstruction planning -- Regeneration : forging a new Japan through spiritual renewal and fiscal retrenchment -- Readjustment : rebuilding Tokyo from the ashes -- Conclusion.

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780231535069

Language: English

Subjects: General works

Keywords: Tokio ; Erdbeben ; Wiederaufbau ; Japan ; Sozialer Wandel ; Geschichte 1923-1930 ; Tokio ; Erdbeben ; Wiederaufbau ; Geschichte 1923-1930

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Format: 1 online resource : , ‹B›B&W Illus.: ‹/B›61

ISBN: 9780231535069

Series Statement: Contemporary Asia in the World

Content: In September 1923, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake devastated eastern Japan, killing more than 120,000 people and leaving two million homeless. Using a rich array of source material, J. Charles Schencking tells for the first time the graphic tale of Tokyo's destruction and rebirth. In emotive prose, he documents how the citizens of Tokyo experienced this unprecedented calamity and explores the ways in which it rattled people's deep-seated anxieties about modernity. While explaining how and why the disaster compelled people to reflect on Japanese society, he also examines how reconstruction encouraged the capital's inhabitants to entertain new types of urbanism as they rebuilt their world.Some residents hoped that a grandiose metropolis, reflecting new values, would rise from the ashes of disaster-ravaged Tokyo. Many, however, desired a quick return of the city they once called home. Opportunistic elites advocated innovative state infrastructure to better manage the daily lives of Tokyo residents. Others focused on rejuvenating society--morally, economically, and spiritually--to combat the perceived degeneration of Japan. Schencking explores the inspiration behind these dreams and the extent to which they were realized. He investigates why Japanese citizens from all walks of life responded to overtures for renewal with varying degrees of acceptance, ambivalence, and resistance. His research not only sheds light on Japan's experience with and interpretation of the earthquake but challenges widespread assumptions that disasters unite stricken societies, creating a "blank slate" for radical transformation. National reconstruction in the

Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , ILLUSTRATIONS -- , PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- , INTRODUCTION -- , 1. CATACLYSM: THE EARTHQUAKE DISASTER AS A LIVED AND REPORTED EXPERIENCE -- , 2. AFTERMATH: THE ORDEAL OF RESTORATION AND RECOVERY -- , 3. COMMUNICATION: CONSTRUCTING THE EARTHQUAKE AS A NATIONAL TRAGEDY -- , 4. ADMONISHMENT: INTERPRETING CATASTROPHE AS DIVINE PUNISHMENT -- , 5. OPTIMISM: DREAMS FOR A NEW METROPOLIS AMID A LANDSCAPE OF RUIN -- , 6. CONTESTATION: THE FRACTIOUS POLITICS OF RECONSTRUCTION PLANNING -- , 7. REGENERATION: FORGING A NEW JAPAN THROUGH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL AND FISCAL RETRENCHMENT -- , 8. READJUSTMENT: REBUILDING TOKYO FROM THE ASHES -- , 9. CONCLUSION -- , NOTES -- , BIBLIOGRAPHY -- , INDEX

Language: English

DOI: 10.7312/sche16218

URL: https://doi.org/10.7312/sche16218

URL: https://doi.org/10.7312/sche16218

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Format: 1 online resource (399 p.)

ISBN: 0-231-53506-6

Series Statement: Contemporary Asia in the World

Content: In September 1923, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake devastated eastern Japan, killing more than 120,000 people and leaving two million homeless. Using a rich array of source material, J. Charles Schencking tells for the first time the graphic tale of Tokyo's destruction and rebirth. In emotive prose, he documents how the citizens of Tokyo experienced this unprecedented calamity and explores the ways in which it rattled people's deep-seated anxieties about modernity. While explaining how and why the disaster compelled people to reflect on Japanese society, he also examines how reconstruction encouraged the capital's inhabitants to entertain new types of urbanism as they rebuilt their world.Some residents hoped that a grandiose metropolis, reflecting new values, would rise from the ashes of disaster-ravaged Tokyo. Many, however, desired a quick return of the city they once called home. Opportunistic elites advocated innovative state infrastructure to better manage the daily lives of Tokyo residents. Others focused on rejuvenating society-morally, economically, and spiritually-to combat the perceived degeneration of Japan. Schencking explores the inspiration behind these dreams and the extent to which they were realized. He investigates why Japanese citizens from all walks of life responded to overtures for renewal with varying degrees of acceptance, ambivalence, and resistance. His research not only sheds light on Japan's experience with and interpretation of the earthquake but challenges widespread assumptions that disasters unite stricken societies, creating a "blank slate" for radical transformation. National reconstruction in the wake of the Great Kanto Earthquake, Schencking demonstrates, proved to be illusive.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , ILLUSTRATIONS -- , PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- , INTRODUCTION -- , 1. CATACLYSM: THE EARTHQUAKE DISASTER AS A LIVED AND REPORTED EXPERIENCE -- , 2. AFTERMATH: THE ORDEAL OF RESTORATION AND RECOVERY -- , 3. COMMUNICATION: CONSTRUCTING THE EARTHQUAKE AS A NATIONAL TRAGEDY -- , 4. ADMONISHMENT: INTERPRETING CATASTROPHE AS DIVINE PUNISHMENT -- , 5. OPTIMISM: DREAMS FOR A NEW METROPOLIS AMID A LANDSCAPE OF RUIN -- , 6. CONTESTATION: THE FRACTIOUS POLITICS OF RECONSTRUCTION PLANNING -- , 7. REGENERATION: FORGING A NEW JAPAN THROUGH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL AND FISCAL RETRENCHMENT -- , 8. READJUSTMENT: REBUILDING TOKYO FROM THE ASHES -- , 9. CONCLUSION -- , NOTES -- , BIBLIOGRAPHY -- , INDEX , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-231-16218-9

Language: English

DOI: 10.7312/sche16218

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Format: 1 online resource : , illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).

ISBN: 9780231535069 (ebook) :

Series Statement: Contemporary Asia in the world

Content: Using a rich array of materials, J. Charles Schencking tells for the first time in English or Japanese the graphic tale of the Kantō earthquake's destruction of Tokyo in 1923 and explains how and why the disaster compelled people to reflect on the state of urban, consumer society. He also examines how the unprecedented calamity encouraged inhabitants to entertain new types of modernity as they rebuilt their world.

Additional Edition: Print version : ISBN 9780231162180

Language: English

URL: Columbia scholarship online