In Search of Our Frontier

"One of the most ambitious and expansive studies yet undertaken in the field of Japanese migration history. . . . Azuma deftly unravels the complex and tangled history of Japanese overseas migration." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *
"A landmark study that should definitively reshape research and teaching agendas for some time to come." * Journal of Japanese Studies *
"This is a ground-breaking thesis, to date the boldest expression in English of ideas that have been percolating for more than a decade in research projects in Japan and elsewhere. Masterfully researched and boldly conceived, In Search of our Frontier should begin to redefine the terms of Japanese imperialism for years to come." * H-Soz-Kult *
"An important and provocative contribution to the fields of Japanese and Japanese American history, as well as the global history of modern imperialism. Azuma has offered a new way to think about Japan’s empire, showing us how many of the institutions and societies of the formal empire had deep ties to the informal empire of Japanese America." * H-Net *
"Azuma provides a valuable glimpse into a certain daring and confidence that accompanied Japan’s emergence as a modern nation-state." * Monumenta Nipponica *

"Azuma has written a compelling new master narrative for Japan’s rise as a Pacific power . . . bringing East Asian Area Studies into direct engagement with the Ethnic History of Japanese America, makes In Search of Frontiers an instant classic."

* Journal of American- East Asian Relations *
"In Search of Our Frontier is a truly ambitious and groundbreaking work in Japanese American studies." * Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies *
"In Search of Our Frontier offers a pathbreaking study of the history of an economically savvy, politically well-connected, and vocal segment of Japanese men on the move. Current and future scholars in the fields of Japanese American history, Japanese history, and global Japanese studies will benefit immensely from it."
  * Japan Review *