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The Bonin Islanders, 1830 to the Present - Narrating Japanese Nationality (Hardcover)
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The Bonin Islanders, 1830 to the Present - Narrating Japanese Nationality (Hardcover)
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This book is a collection of interwoven historical narratives that
present an intriguing and little known account of the Ogasawara
(Bonin) archipelago and its inhabitants. The narratives begin in
the seventeenth century and weave their way through various events
connected to the ambitions, hopes, and machinations of individuals,
communities, and nations. At the center of these narratives are the
Bonin Islanders, originally an eclectic mix of Pacific Islanders,
Americans, British, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, and
African settlers that first landed on the islands in 1830. The
islands were British sovereign territory from 1827 to 1876, when
the Japanese asserted possession of the islands based on a
seventeenth century expedition and a myth of a samurai discoverer.
As part of gaining sovereign control, the Japanese government made
all island inhabitants register as Japanese subjects of the
national family register. The islanders were not literate in
Japanese and had little experience of Japanese culture and limited
knowledge of Japanese society, but by 1881 all were forced or
coerced into becoming Japanese subjects. By the 1930s the islands
were embroiled in the Pacific War. All inhabitants were evacuated
to the Japanese mainland until 1946 when only the descendants of
the original settlers were allowed to return. In the postwar period
the islands fell under U.S. Navy administration until they were
reverted to full Japanese sovereignty in 1968. Many descendants of
these original settlers still live on the islands with family names
such as Washington, Gonzales, Gilley, Savory, and Webb. This book
explores the social and cultural history of these islands and its
inhabitants and provides a critical approach to understanding the
many complex narratives that make up the Bonin story.
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