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Author Seeley, Joseph A., 1989- author.

Title Border of water and ice : the Yalu River and Japan's empire in Korea and Manchuria / Joseph A. Seeley ; foreword by Albert L. Park
Published Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2024

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Description 1 online resource
Series The environments of East Asia
Environments of East Asia.
Contents Reeds, fish, timber, and defining the Yalu border -- Bridging the Yalu -- Seasons of Yalu River border policing -- Environments of Yalu River smuggling -- Dam construction and "Manchurian-Korean unity."
Summary "Drawing on sources in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and English, this book examines how the seasonal freezing, thawing, and flooding of the Yalu River between Korea and Manchuria (northeast China) shaped imperial Japanese border governance and regional expansion ca. 1905-1945"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Water boundaries -- East Asia -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia.
Yalu River Region (China and Korea) -- Environmental conditions -- Political aspects
Korea -- Boundaries -- China -- Manchuria
Manchuria (China) -- Boundaries -- Korea
Korea -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1910-1945.
Form Electronic book
Author Park, Albert L., writer of foreword
LC no. 2024011462
ISBN 9781501777394
1501777394
9781501777400
1501777408