THE JAPANESE COLONIAL EMPIRE, 1895-1945 This book is based on a conference sponsored by the Joint Committee on Japanese Studies of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council THE JAPANESE COLONIAL EMPIRE, 1895-1945 Edited by Ramon H. Myers and Mark R. Peattie

CONTRIBUTORS Ching-chih Chen Mizoguchi Toshiyuki Edward I-te Chen Ramon H. Myers Bruce Cumings Mark R. Peattie Peter Duus Michael E. Robinson Lewis H. Gann E. Patricia Tsurumi Samuel Pao-San Ho Yamada Saburo Marius B. Jansen Yamamoto Yuzo

Princeton University Press / Princeton, N. J. Copyright © 1984 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, Chichcster, West Sussex All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Japanese colonial empire, 1895-1945. "Based on a conference sponsored by the Joint Committee on Japanese Studies of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council." Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Japan—Colonies—East Asia—Administration— History—Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Japan—Colo- nies—East Asia—Economic policy—Addresses, es- says, lectures. 3. East Asia—Politics and govern- ment—Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Myers, Ramon Hawley, 1929- . II. Peattie, Mark R., 1930- . III. Chen, Ching-chi. IV. Joint Committee on Japanese Studies. JV5260.J36 1983 325'.31 '52095 83-42571 ISBN 0-691-05398-7 ISBN 0-691-10222-8 (pbk.) This book has been composed in Linotron Bembo Princeton University Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources http://pup.princeton.edu Printed in the United States of America 9 8 7 This book is dedicated to the memory of Yanaihara Tadao (1893-1961) Scholar, teacher, Christian, and pioneer in Japanese colonial studies