Harrison John A. Japan's Northern Frontier: A Preliminary Study in Colonization and Expansion with Special Reference to the Relations of Japan and Russia

University of Florida Press, 1953. — 216 p.Introduction.
Contents.
The Frontier from Its Origins to the Meiji Restoration.
Early History of the Frontier.
The Rise of a Political Frontier.
Internal Administration.
The Delimitation of the Frontier.
The Frontier As A Colony: Hokkaido and the Kaitakushi.
Establishment of Colonial Government.
The Farmer-Soldier
Finances and Industrial Development
The United States Mission and the Kaitakushi
The End of Colonial Government
Conclusion
Appendices.