The great Kantō earthquake and the chimera of national reconstruction in Japan /
Schencking, J. Charles.
The great Kantō earthquake and the chimera of national reconstruction in Japan / J. Charles Schencking. - xxii, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Contemporary Asia in the world .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-362) and index.
Introduction -- Cataclysm : the earthquake disaster as a lived and reported experience -- Aftermath : the ordeal of restoration and recovery -- Communication : constructing the earthquake as a national tragedy -- Admonishment : interpreting catastrophe as divine punishment -- Optimism : dreams for a new metropolis amid a landscape of ruin -- Contestation : the fractious politics of reconstruction planning -- Regeneration : forging a new Japan through spiritual renewal and fiscal retrenchment -- Readjustment : rebuilding Tokyo from the ashes -- Conclusion.
9780231162180 (cloth : alk. paper)
2012048647
Kanto Earthquake, Japan, 1923.
Disaster relief--Government policy--History--Japan--20th century.
City planning--Social aspects--History--Japan--Tokyo--20th century.
Tokyo (Japan)--History--20th century.
DS888.S45 2013 / .S45 2013
952.03/2
The great Kantō earthquake and the chimera of national reconstruction in Japan / J. Charles Schencking. - xxii, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Contemporary Asia in the world .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-362) and index.
Introduction -- Cataclysm : the earthquake disaster as a lived and reported experience -- Aftermath : the ordeal of restoration and recovery -- Communication : constructing the earthquake as a national tragedy -- Admonishment : interpreting catastrophe as divine punishment -- Optimism : dreams for a new metropolis amid a landscape of ruin -- Contestation : the fractious politics of reconstruction planning -- Regeneration : forging a new Japan through spiritual renewal and fiscal retrenchment -- Readjustment : rebuilding Tokyo from the ashes -- Conclusion.
9780231162180 (cloth : alk. paper)
2012048647
Kanto Earthquake, Japan, 1923.
Disaster relief--Government policy--History--Japan--20th century.
City planning--Social aspects--History--Japan--Tokyo--20th century.
Tokyo (Japan)--History--20th century.
DS888.S45 2013 / .S45 2013
952.03/2