Sidney Xu Lu
Historian of migration and modern Japan whose research examines Japanese settler colonialism and trans-Pacific migration; author of The Making of Japanese Settler Colonialism (Cambridge, 2019).
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Jun 14, 2024 • 1h 17min
Sidney Xu Lu, "The Making of Japanese Settler Colonialism" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Sidney Xu Lu, historian of migration and modern Japan, examines Japanese settler colonialism and trans-Pacific migration. He explores Malthusian expansionism, the fusion of population anxiety and land claims, and how state institutions promoted emigration. Stories range from Hokkaido and Texas to Brazil and space-colonization echoes, linking intellectual roots, class dynamics, and international exclusion.
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Jun 14, 2024 • 1h 17min
Sidney Xu Lu, "The Making of Japanese Settler Colonialism" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Sidney Xu Lu discusses Malthusian expansionism in Japanese settler colonialism, challenging the division between settler colonialism and migration. The podcast explores overpopulation discourse, Japanese emigration history, Mausosian expansionism impact, settler colonialism structures, Japanese migration to Texas and Brazil, assimilation efforts, global migration shifts, and contemporary parallels with expansionist ideologies.
