"Jun Uchidas magnificent new book. . . . Speaks not merely to the historiography of modern Japan but to wider debates about evolutions in imperial practices across an alleged early modern/modern rupture. . . . She has pushed scholars to understand provincializing in a way different from Chakrabartys: one that pays real attention to local voices, ideas, and practices." * Monumenta Nipponica * "Provincializing Empire is an outstanding study. . . . [ It] challenges notions of a top-down Meiji developmental state and offers us new ways to think about Japanese capitalism, empire, and migration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is essential reading not only for scholars of Japans modern empire but also anyone interested in comparative studies of diasporas, capitalism, and imperialism." * Pacific Historical Review * "Provincializing Empire masterfully combines deep archival research with a broad synthesis of secondary materials to recast the spatial and temporal parameters of Japanese capitalist development and overseas expansion. . . . [ The book] will have a lasting impact and deserves to be read widely and repeatedly." * Journal of Japanese Studies *
