The Representation of Japan in Modern East Asia, 1872-1948: A Collection in Forty Volumes

With the publication of Critical Readings, Series 2, we are pleased to offer the 20-volume Japanese Propaganda: Selected Readings Series plus the 20-volume Critical Readings on Japan, 1906-1948 Series as a unified collection: The Representation of Japan in Modern East Asia, 1872-1948.

Taken together, these sets offer an unrivalled perspective on East Asia’s propaganda wars in the modern era. The two Japanese Propaganda Series present the case made by Japanese publicists in English for Japan’s evolving agenda in East Asia and beyond. Series 1 presents ten volumes of books, with a General Introduction by Series Editor Peter O’Connor and introductions to each volume contributed by an international panel of scholars. Series 2 offers another General Introduction and presents eighty-nine scarce pamphlets, many never before reprinted, in ten thematically organized volumes.

The two series of Critical Readings on Japan, 1906-1948 demonstrate the world’s reactions to Japan’s agenda and counter-arguments to Japan’s master narrative, as well as more immediate responses to Japanese incursions in East and South-East Asia. Series 1 offers a selection of key critical books, each with a scholarly introduction. Over ten volumes, Series 2 presents sixty-two extremely rare pamphlets and articles from the press and media of the day. Both Series begin with a General Introduction by Series Editor Peter O’Connor.

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Peter O’Connor, Ph.D. (2006) in history at SOAS, University of London, teaches at Musashino and Waseda universities, Tokyo. He has published extensively on the transnational media history of 20th century East Asia.
His The English-language Press Networks of East Asia, 1918-1945 was issued by Global Oriental in September 2010. More recently, he completed, as series editor, Series 2 of Critical Readings on Japan, 1906-1948: Countering Japan’s Agenda and the Communist Menace in East Asia, (June 2011), and thus the last ten volumes of the 40-volume collection The Representation of Japan in Modern East Asia, 1872-1948, to be published in June 2011.