The Great Kantō Earthquake and the Chimera of National Reconstruction in Japan

by J. Charles Schencking

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231162189
• ISBN13: 9780231162180
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher