The authors of this book focus on transcultural entanglements in Manchuria during the first
half of the twentieth century. Manchuria as Western historiography commonly designates the
three northeastern provinces of China was a politically culturally and economically contested
region. In the late nineteenth century the region became the centre of competing Russian
Chinese and Japanese interests thereby also attracting global attention. The coexistence of
people with different nationalities ethnicities and cultures in Manchuria was rarely if ever
harmoniously balanced or static. On the contrary interactions were both dynamic and complex.
Semi-colonial experiences affected the people's living conditions status and power relations.
The transcultural negotiations between all population groups across borders of all kinds are
the subject of this book. The chapters of this volume shed light on various entangled histories
in areas such as administration the economy ideas ideologies culture media and daily life.
