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100 1 _aSchencking, J. Charles.
245 1 4 _aThe great Kantō earthquake and the chimera of national reconstruction in Japan /
_cJ. Charles Schencking.
300 _axxii, 374 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c24 cm.
490 0 _aContemporary Asia in the world
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 347-362) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Cataclysm : the earthquake disaster as a lived and reported experience -- Aftermath : the ordeal of restoration and recovery -- Communication : constructing the earthquake as a national tragedy -- Admonishment : interpreting catastrophe as divine punishment -- Optimism : dreams for a new metropolis amid a landscape of ruin -- Contestation : the fractious politics of reconstruction planning -- Regeneration : forging a new Japan through spiritual renewal and fiscal retrenchment -- Readjustment : rebuilding Tokyo from the ashes -- Conclusion.
650 0 _aKanto Earthquake, Japan, 1923.
650 0 _aDisaster relief
_xGovernment policy
_zJapan
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aCity planning
_xSocial aspects
_zJapan
_zTokyo
_xHistory
_y20th century.
651 0 _aTokyo (Japan)
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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