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RHC |
| Item Call Number |
DS 643.5 .F75 1988 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13767 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 691055246 (hardbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Friend, Theodore
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The Blue-eyed enemy :
- Remainder of title - Japan against the west in Java and Luzon, 1942-1945 /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Theodore Friend
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Princeton :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Princeton University Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1988.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xx, 325 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 25 x 17 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - Documentary research examining Japanese colonialism in Indonesia and the Philippines.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. -
Description
Thoroughly researched account comparing the wartime experiences of Indonesians in Java and Filipinos in Luzon during the Japanese occupation. Friend, an American professor, utilizes Japanese, Filipino and Indonesian materials, many of which are extremely difficult to access but very important. He looks at Japanese plans and objectives, the socio-economic situation resulting from Dutch and American colonial rule and how the Japanese sought to supplant them. Although Japan styled itself as a liberator, it simply became another colonizer.
Friend analyzes and compares Japanese promises of independence in both Indonesia and the Philippines, and the reaction of their respective peoples. Friend also looks into other aspects of the occupation: food and labor, Asian interchanges and a more interpretative examination of the Japanese military police (Kempeitai). He looks at the complex events and directions resulting from the defeat of the Japanese, revolution in Java and restoration of the pre-war social system in Luzon, and the extension of American rule even after independence.
Friend ties up the wartime experiences in both islands by analyzing the dynamics of empire and liberation. Thought provoking and solidly documented, presenting many new angles and perspectives. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Indonesia
- General subdivision - History
- Chronological subdivision - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
- Geographic name - Philippines
- General subdivision - History
- Chronological subdivision - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
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