Function-Based Spatiality and the Development of Korean Communities in Japan

David Rands

doi:10.5771/9780739173695

Summary

Function-Based Spatiality and the Development of Korean Communities in Japan utilizes the theoretical model of complex adaptive systems and introduces the concept of function-based spatiality to investigate the roles of the urban environments of Tokyo and Osaka in the development of Korean communities in Japan. Analysis of distinct Korean communities allows for the examination of urban factors of each city which contributed to the patterns of Korean immigration and community formation. By utilizing a comparative narrative of the two cities, distinctions between the organic growth of Osaka and the planned city of Tokyo are illuminated. Additionally, the discussion utilizes the concept of function-based spatiality to show how each city interacted with its surrounding regional, national, and global spheres. The functions of Tokyo, as a gateway to Western modernization and center of the Japanese state, shaped the interactions with Korean immigrants. Likewise, Osaka’s functions as a center of mercantilism and second city played a large role in how Koreans were incorporated into the urban ethnoscapes. Taken together, these two examples provide insight to the dynamics of urban systems on the development of immigrant communities.

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Copyright year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7391-7368-8
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7391-7369-5
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 176
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. A Note about Asian Language Terms and Names No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Preface: Theoretical Approach No access
1. Introduction to Part I: Two Very Different Cities No access
2. Ch01. The Historical Development of Osaka’s Synergies No access
3. Ch02. The Historical Development of Tokyo’s Synergies No access
1. Introduction to Part II: Function-Based Spatiality and the Development of Korean Communities in Osaka and Tokyo No access
2. Ch03. From Initial Sojourners through Annexation No access
3. Ch04. Annexation Through the Great Kantoˉ Earthquake No access
4. Ch05. From the Great Kantoˉ Earthquake to Greater Central Oversight No access
5. Ch06. Increased Central Control, Conscription, and the End of the War No access
6. Epilogue: Beginning the Postwar Plight No access
Bibliography No access Pages 149 - 170
Index No access Pages 171 - 174
About the Author No access Pages 175 - 176