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The Making of Japanese Settler Colonialism
Malthusianism and Trans-Pacific Migration, 1868-1961
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Sidney Xu Lu examines how the discourse of overpopulation (Malthusianism) justified and shaped Japanese settler colonialism and migration across the Pacific between 1868 and 1961.
He traces intellectual, social, institutional, and international dimensions linking internal colonization (like Hokkaido) and overseas settlement in places such as Hawaii, the U.S.
, Brazil, and Manchuria.
Lu shows how Japanese elites combined concerns about surplus population with celebration of population growth to legitimize emigration and territorial expansion.
The book argues that settler colonialism must be understood by analyzing both sending- and receiving-side dynamics, including state policies that created a 'migration state.
' Lu's work connects Japanese migration history to broader settler-colonial theory and global debates about race, resources, and empire.
He traces intellectual, social, institutional, and international dimensions linking internal colonization (like Hokkaido) and overseas settlement in places such as Hawaii, the U.S.
, Brazil, and Manchuria.
Lu shows how Japanese elites combined concerns about surplus population with celebration of population growth to legitimize emigration and territorial expansion.
The book argues that settler colonialism must be understood by analyzing both sending- and receiving-side dynamics, including state policies that created a 'migration state.
' Lu's work connects Japanese migration history to broader settler-colonial theory and global debates about race, resources, and empire.
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Sidney Xu Lu, "The Making of Japanese Settler Colonialism" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
