Japanese Immigration in the Formation of State Identity in the Dominion of Canada, 1867-1914

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22401030
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Japanese history
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: SAVELIEV IGOR 名古屋大学, 国際開発研究科, 准教授 (60313491)
• Project Period (FY): 2010-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 日本人移民 / 日英加関係史 / 日米関係史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Basing on primary sources collected in British, Canadian and American archives, the present research 1)reconsidered the role of various actors (BC government, Canadian government, British Colonial and Foreign Offices, Japanese government) in the negotiations regarding the restriction of Japanese immigration into British Columbia in the context of the transformation of Anglo-Japanese relations in 1907; 2)reconsidered the influence of the issue of Japanese immigration on the formation of regional identity of the province of British Columbia and the Dominion of Canada; 3)reconsidered the course of the negotiations in regard to the dipatch of Canadian special envoy Rodolphe Lemiuex to Japan and the role of this mission; 4)reconsidered the course of negotiations between Japan, Canada, Great Britain and the United States concerning the issued of Japanese immigration in 1907-8.

Free Research Field

人文学