Abstract

Poverty is not the only cause of emigration. Nagano Prefecture, which had the highest number of people emigrating both as the members of general pioneer groups and as members of the Volunteer
Pioneer Youth Army of Manchuria and Mongolia, also excelled in terms of the vigor of the social movements. This book reexamines the backgrounds of emigrants, which cannot be explained purely by economic factors, applying the perspective to the influence of oppression to social movements and territorial connections.

Reviews
“The significance of the empirical evidence that agricultural migrants crossed the border was not due to ‘poverty,’ nor was it a ‘voluntary’ choice. The significance of this empirical evidence is not confined to the realm of specialized research.” ― Toru Takeda, journalist

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