The great Kantō earthquake and the chimera of national reconstruction in Japan / J. Charles Schencking.
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TextSeries: Contemporary Asia in the worldDescription: xxii, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9780231162180 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Kanto Earthquake, Japan, 1923 | Disaster relief -- Government policy -- Japan -- History -- 20th century | City planning -- Social aspects -- Japan -- Tokyo -- History -- 20th century | Tokyo (Japan) -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 952.03/2 LOC classification: DS888.S45 2013 | .S45 2013| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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