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

by Daqing Yang

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674010914
• ISBN13: 9780674010918
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.0"