| Title | Amami and Amami |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | Confecting Sugar Islands in the East China Sea |
| Contributor | Thomas Monaghan (author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.3197/63831593227779.ch07 |
| Landing page | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/93616 |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en |
| Publisher | The White Horse Press |
| Published on | 2024-03-15 |
| Page range | pp. 171–190 |
| Print length | 20 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
| Media | 3 illustrations |
Thomas Monaghan is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at Yale University. He is interested broadly in the social and environmental history of early modern Japan and the Meiji period. His project explores the history of sugar and the technological changes, labour systems and environmental transformations related to its production in the Japanese islands from 1600–1900. This includes an in-depth examination of the history of the Amami islands, a border zone between Satsuma domain (Kagoshima Prefecture) and the Ryukyu kingdom (Okinawa Prefecture). Prior to beginning doctoral studies at Yale University, he studied at Edinburgh University (MA Scots), SOAS (MA), and Tokyo University, and spent two years on Naoshima Island in western Japan as part of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme.