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Podcast: New Books in Economic and Business History
Episode: Anne Giblin Gedacht, "TĹhoku Unbounded: Regional Identity and the Mobile Subject in Prewar Japan" (Brill, 2022)
Description: Anne Giblin Gedachtâs TĹhoku Unbounded: Regional Identity and the Mobile Subject in Prewar Japan (Brill, 2022) centers cross-border mobility in its narrative of the history of Japanâs TĹhoku region in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The book is a challenge to the stereotypical image of the Northeast as static and isolated. Focusing on Pacific migrationâto Asia, North America, and the PhilippinesâGedacht pieces together an account of how mobility and movement were instrumental in creating modern TĹhoku regional identities, and how this process was integral to Japanâs modern self-image. In this sense, TĹhoku U...