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Historiography on Japan’s recruitment of Korean soldiers in 1938

( History and Japan and Korea and Military and Research )

As I indicated in the previous posting, I read 宮田節子「朝鮮民衆と皇民化政策」and Brandon Palmer’s dissertation “Japan’s mobilization of Koreans for war, 1937-1945″ as a starter. Miyata Setsuko looks at similar sources (高等外事月報, 朝鮮思想運動 etc) and analyzes the reaction of Korean people to the 1937 Sino-Japanese war, the volunteer soldier system, and the conscription policy. Palmer also gives [...]

The Other Topic (Recruitment of Korean soldiers in 1938)

( History and Japan and Korea and Military )

I have another paper topic to figure out soon for a class on comparative history of colonial rule in the twentieth century. I got numerous ideas just by reading the two primary sources listed in my previous posting, but I needed to find something comparable to other colonial cases, related to my interest in ‘youth’ [...]

Research Topics

I don’t know if any of the audience of this blog is interested in my research paper topics, but since this is about time for final papers, I want to show step-by-step evolution of my thoughts and research, here. I usually write down my thoughts and wonders on scrap paper, and try to explain my [...]