Sovereignty and Authenticity: Manchukuo and the East Asian Modern

by Prasenjit Duara

Book Overview

In this powerful and provocative book, Prasenjit Duara uses the intriguing case of Manchukuo_the Japanese puppet state in northeast China from 1932-1945_to explore how such antinomies as imperialism and nationalism, modernity and tradition, and governmentality and exploitation interacted in the post-World War I period. He argues that Manchukuo, as a transparently constructed 'nation-state, ' offers a unique historical laboratory for examining the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742530914
• ISBN13: 9780742530911
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 10.0"