Borderline Japan: Foreigners and Frontier Controls in the Postwar Era

by Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521683106
• ISBN13: 9780521683104
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"