Technology of Empire: Telecommunications and Japanese Expansion in Asia, 1883–1945

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Daqing Yang

Technology of Empire

Telecommunications and Japanese Expansion in Asia, 1883–1945

Daqing Yang

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English

Harvard University, Asia Center
18 April 2011

Asian history; Colonialism & imperialism; Second World War; Postal & telecommunications industries; Communications engineering & telecommunications

Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs

Nearly half a century ago, the economic historian Harold Innis pointed out that the geographical limits of empires were determined by communications and that, historically, advances in the technologies of transport and communications have enabled empires to grow. This power of communications was demonstrated when Japanese Emperor Hirohito's radio speech announcing Japan's surrender and the dissolution of its empire was broadcast simultaneously throughout not only the Japanese home islands but also all the territories under its control over the telecommunications system that had, in part, made that empire possible.

In the extension of the Japanese empire in the 1930s and 1940s, technology, geo-strategy, and institutions were closely intertwined in empire building. The central argument of this study of the development of a communications network linking the far-flung parts of the Japanese imperium is that modern telecommunications not only served to connect these territories but, more important, made it possible for the Japanese to envision an integrated empire in Asia. Even as the imperial communications network served to foster integration and strengthened Japanese leadership and control, its creation and operation exacerbated long-standing tensions and created new conflicts within the government, the military, and society in general.

By: Daqing Yang
Imprint: Harvard University, Asia Center
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: No.219
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 37mm
Weight: 794g
ISBN: 9780674010918
ISBN 10: 0674010914
Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs
Pages: 468
Publication Date: 18 April 2011
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Daqing Yang is Associate Professor of History and International Affairs, George Washington University.

Reviews for Technology of Empire: Telecommunications and Japanese Expansion in Asia, 1883–1945

Yang carefully examines Japan's submarine and wireless telegraph and telephone networks and the ways in which the emerging system grew within Japan's expanding empire, as well as the ways in which the configuration of the system supported the empire and was, in tum, shaped by the demands and complexity of it. Scholars and graduate students interested in modern Japan, comparative empires, and/or technology and society will learn much from this new, important book.--W. D. Kinzley Choice (1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM)