The first comprehensive analysis of the colonial writings of Yanaihara Tadao whose extensive commentary on Japanese and European colonial policy is remarkable not only for its scholarly integrity but also for its sheer breadth.
Introduction An Encounter with Bandits; Chapter 1 The Education of a Commoner; Chapter 2 In the Footsteps of Uchimura Kanz?; Chapter 3 A Theory of Colonisation; Chapter 4 Taiwan: A Theory of Dependency; Chapter 5 Korea: A Plea for Justice; Chapter 6 Manchuria: A ‘slighter Gesture of Dissent’?; Chapter 7 The South Sea Islands: A Moral Question; Chapter 8 China: Capitalism and Colonial Development; Chapter 9 The Yanaihara Incident;
