3 A Vision of Transpacific Expansion from the Periphery

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Map of Japan and the Pacific World xv
6. Introduction 1
7. Part One. Ōmi Merchants in the Early Modern Era
8. 1 The Rise of Ōmi Shōnin as Diasporic Traders 23
9. 2 At the Nexus of Colonialism and Capitalism in Hokkaido 48
10. Part Two. Ōmi Merchants as a Model of Expansion
11. 3 A Vision of Transpacific Expansion from the Periphery 81
12. 4 The Production of Global Ōmi Shōnin 100
13. Part Three. Ōmi Merchants across the Transpacific Diaspora
14. 5 The “Gōshū Zaibatsu” in Japan’s Cotton Empire 131
15. 6 Ōmi Merchants in the Colonial World of Retail 167
16. 7 A Shiga Immigrant Diaspora in Canada 202
17. Conclusion 235
18. Notes 243
19. Bibliography 299
20. Glossary-Index 339