{"product_id":"border-of-water-and-ice-the-yalu-river-and-japans-empire-in-korea-and-manchuria-paperback","title":"Border of Water and Ice: The Yalu River and Japan's Empire in Korea and Manchuria - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph A. Seeley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlbert L. Park\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBorder of Water and Ice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores the significance of the Yalu River as a strategic border between Korea and Manchuria (Northeast China) during a period of Japanese imperial expansion into the region.\u003c\/b\u003e The Yalu's seasonal patterns of freezing, thawing, and flooding shaped colonial efforts to control who and what could cross the border. Joseph A. Seeley shows how the unpredictable movements of water, ice, timber-cutters, anti-Japanese guerrillas, smugglers, and other borderland actors also spilled outside the bounds set by Japanese colonizers, even as imperial border-making reinforced Japan's wider political and economic power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on archival sources in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and English, Seeley tells the story of the river and the imperial border haphazardly imposed on its surface from 1905 to 1945 to show how rivers and other nonhuman actors play an active role in border creation and maintenance. Emphasizing the tenuous, environmentally contingent nature of imperial border governance, \u003ci\u003eBorder of Water and Ice\u003c\/i\u003e argues for the importance of understanding history across the different seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Seeley is Assistant Professor in the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia. He specializes in the histories of Korea, the Japanese Empire, and East Asian environments and borderlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45546150461542,"sku":"9781501777387","price":53.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/1_AjfBsQJn9781501777387.webp?v=1777009630","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/border-of-water-and-ice-the-yalu-river-and-japans-empire-in-korea-and-manchuria-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}