TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schencking,J.Charles
TI  - The great Kantō earthquake and the chimera of national reconstruction in Japan
T2  - Contemporary Asia in the world
SN  - 9780231162180 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - DS888.S45 2013 .S45 2013
U1  - 952.03/2 23
KW  - Kanto Earthquake, Japan, 1923
KW  - Disaster relief
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Japan
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - City planning
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Tokyo
KW  - Tokyo (Japan)
N1  - 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
ER  -