| Contents |
Introduction: Spatial histories of foreign occupation and colonialism / David Baillargeon and Jeremy E. Taylor -- Displacement, urban transformations and resistance in Indonesian-occupied Dili, East Timor / Vannessa Hearman -- Displacing the laws of the Indies with the city beautiful : Daniel Burnham's 1905 plan for Manila / Ian Morley -- Conflicting modes of colonial occupation in British Malaya, 1874-95 / Joanna Lee -- The unsuccessful development of southern Burmese tin mines in the nineteenth century / Yi Li -- Mapping China under Japanese occupation : spatial configurations of state power during wartime (1937-45) / David Serfass -- Corral and confine : colonial occupation and the politics of space in the Andaman Islands / Vishvajit Pandya and Madhumita Mazumdar -- Occupation at sea : rethinking the 'in-between' spaces of empire in colonial Indonesia and China / Kris Alexanderson -- Hydroponic imperialism : race, hygiene and agro-technology in occupied Japan, 1945-60 / Abhishek Nanavati -- From military base to conservation site : reimagining the demilitarization of the Yambaru Forest in Okinawa / Sayaka Sakuma. |
| Abstract |
"This open access book explores how different spatial geographies emerged, adapted or were transformed in various occupied and colonial settings around Asia, showing how the experiences of those living under occupation shaped and was shaped by new interpretations and typologies of 'space'. With case studies across South, Southeast and East Asia and through a variety of disciplinary perspectives, Spatial Histories of Occupation adopts a trans-Asian comparative approach to show how the experiences of occupation and colonialism shifted under particular spatial typologies, particularly in urban, maritime and rural settings. Revealing the similarities, differences and connections that existed between and across different spaces of foreign occupation and colonialism in modern Asian history, this book shows how a focus on historical geography and 'space' can revise our broader categories and conceptualisations related to occupation; be it under colonial, wartime or Cold War powers"-- Provided by publisher. |
