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Acknowledgments

Without the support of numerous individuals and institutions, this study could never have been completed; their help is gratefully acknowledged. Carol Gluck gave timely and inspirational support at every stage of the project, from her help in shaping its conceptual categories when it was still a dissertation proposal, to her suggestions for some last-minute improvements to the conclusion when it had become a book. Meticulous readings by Elizabeth Blackmar, Henry Smith, Arthur Tiedemann, Jack Snyder, and especially John Dower helped me rethink and reframe my ideas. Geoffrey Chambers, Kvin Shea, Elizabeth Tsunoda, Barbara Sat, Kim Brandt, and Crawford Young were always available to read and discuss drafts. Laura Hein, Yanni Kotsonis, Kären Wigen, Roger Chickering, Sat Kazuki, Julie Rousseau, Hyung Gu Lynn, Emily Young, and Imura Tetsuo made helpful suggestions on sections of the book. Carol Gluck's graduate seminars at Columbia University provided both insight and enthusiasm in generous measure, as did Carter Eckert's students at Harvard. For sharing with me in Japan their advice, contacts, and considerable private libraries I am indebted to Igarashi Takeshi, Eguchi Keiichi, Okabe Makio, Asada Kyji, Awaya Kentar, Kimijima Kazuhiko, Kobayashi Hideo, Okamoto Kichi, and Yanagisawa Asobu. The staffs of the Tokyo University Libraries, the National Diet Library, the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce Library, Waseda Library, and the Kindai Bungakukan provided service which frequently transcended the call of duty. I am particularly grateful to Ikuta Atsuko at the Ie no hikari kykai Reference Department, Shiraishi Hiroshi at the National Institute for Defense Studies, and Imura Tetsuo at the Institute of Developing Economies. Financial assistance was provided by Columbia University during the fall of 1988, by the Japan Foundation for fourteen months of research in Tokyo from January 1989 through the spring of 1990, and by the Giles Whiting Foundation for dissertation write-up during 1990–1991. Special thanks are due to the Reischauer institute for offering a congenial environment and the financial support that enabled me to begin to turn a dissertation into a book.