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The Great Kantō Earthquake and the Chimera of National Reconstruction in Japan
This chapter is in the book The Great Kantō Earthquake and the Chimera of National Reconstruction in Japan

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS ix
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS xi
  4. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
  5. INTRODUCTION 1
  6. 1. CATACLYSM: THE EARTHQUAKE DISASTER AS A LIVED AND REPORTED EXPERIENCE 13
  7. 2. AFTERMATH: THE ORDEAL OF RESTORATION AND RECOVERY 47
  8. 3. COMMUNICATION: CONSTRUCTING THE EARTHQUAKE AS A NATIONAL TRAGEDY 78
  9. 4. ADMONISHMENT: INTERPRETING CATASTROPHE AS DIVINE PUNISHMENT 116
  10. 5. OPTIMISM: DREAMS FOR A NEW METROPOLIS AMID A LANDSCAPE OF RUIN 153
  11. 6. CONTESTATION: THE FRACTIOUS POLITICS OF RECONSTRUCTION PLANNING 187
  12. 7. REGENERATION: FORGING A NEW JAPAN THROUGH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL AND FISCAL RETRENCHMENT 226
  13. 8. READJUSTMENT: REBUILDING TOKYO FROM THE ASHES 263
  14. 9. CONCLUSION 301
  15. NOTES 317
  16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 347
  17. INDEX 363
https://doi.org/10.7312/sche16218-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS ix
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS xi
  4. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
  5. INTRODUCTION 1
  6. 1. CATACLYSM: THE EARTHQUAKE DISASTER AS A LIVED AND REPORTED EXPERIENCE 13
  7. 2. AFTERMATH: THE ORDEAL OF RESTORATION AND RECOVERY 47
  8. 3. COMMUNICATION: CONSTRUCTING THE EARTHQUAKE AS A NATIONAL TRAGEDY 78
  9. 4. ADMONISHMENT: INTERPRETING CATASTROPHE AS DIVINE PUNISHMENT 116
  10. 5. OPTIMISM: DREAMS FOR A NEW METROPOLIS AMID A LANDSCAPE OF RUIN 153
  11. 6. CONTESTATION: THE FRACTIOUS POLITICS OF RECONSTRUCTION PLANNING 187
  12. 7. REGENERATION: FORGING A NEW JAPAN THROUGH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL AND FISCAL RETRENCHMENT 226
  13. 8. READJUSTMENT: REBUILDING TOKYO FROM THE ASHES 263
  14. 9. CONCLUSION 301
  15. NOTES 317
  16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 347
  17. INDEX 363
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