From Japanese Empire to American Hegemony: A Book Talk by Matthew Augustine

Historian Matthew R. Augustine will discuss his recently published book, From Japanese Empire to American Hegemony: Koreans and Okinawans in the Resettlement of Northeast Asia (title in the WEAI “Studies” series), a comprehensive study of the dynamic and often contentious relationship between migration and border controls in U.S.-occupied Japan, Korea, and the Ryukyu Islands in the wake of WWII. Augustine’s book examines the American interlude as a closely integrated, transregional history.