EP131 Okinawa: Crossing the Meiji Divide P1

In this episode Travis talks about his research on Okinawa.  In part one, he talks about the position Okinawa was put in during the late Edo period by the visiting Commodore Matthew Perry, and the complex associations between Okinawa, Japan, and China at the time.

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Mentioned in this podcast:

Walker, Jordan B. "Archipelagic ambiguities: the demarcation of modern Japan, 1868-1879." Island Studies Journal 10.2 (2015): 197-222.

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