Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Constructing East Asia i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction. The Technological Imaginary of Imperial Japan 1
6. Chapter 1. Revolutionary Technologies of Life 21
7. Chapter 2. Technologies of Asian Development 64
8. Chapter 3. Constructing the Continent 102
9. Chapter 4. Damming the Empire 150
10. Chapter 5. Designing the Social Mechanism 188
11. Epilogue. Legacies of Techno- Fascism and Techno- Imperialism in Postwar Japan 226
12. Notes 243
13. Works Cited 281
14. Index 303