Dual Empires: International Schools and the Building of Japan

• In Event: 42.037 - Perspectives on Comparative and Transnational Education During the First Half of the 20th Century

Abstract

This paper explores the history of international schools in the Tokyo/Yokohama region and the role they played in helping to modernize Japan in the Western mold. The author argues that these schools and their alumni helped grow two empires: that of the Western powers in Asia and that of Japan itself.

Author

• John Y. Jones, Truman State University