#  Jesús Solís, "Japan and America's Black Market Empire, 1945-1975" 

 



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 **October 7, 2024** 

 12:00PM - 01:00PM EDT 

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 **Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom)**  



 

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 [Jesús Solís](/people/jesus-solis)  
Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on US-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

 Moderator: [David Howell](https://scholar.harvard.edu/dhowell/home)  
Acting Director, Program on US-Japan Relations; Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Professor of Japanese History, Harvard University

 *Co-sponsored by the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies; and the Harvard University Department of History.*

 *This seminar is part of the Worldwide Week at Harvard 2024, organized by the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs.*

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##  Additional Resources

1. Allison, William. “[War for Sale: The Black Market, Currency Manipulation and Corruption in the American War in Vietnam](https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/uh76bb/TN_cdi_jstor_books_j_ctv2rsfdh5_11).” *War & Society* 21, no. 2 (2003): 135-164.
2. [Black Market, Kyoto](https://catalog.archives.gov/id/64515); May 28, 1946; Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities; RG 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organization; NACP; This video is also available on the National Archives Video Collection channel on YouTube: [URL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf-KRR0Jk0Q)
3. Griffiths, Owen. “[Need, Greed, and Protest in Japan’s Black Market, 1938-1949](https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1mdq5o5/TN_cdi_jstor_primary_3790613).” Journal of Social History 35, no. 4 (2002): 825-858.
4. Solis, Jesus. “The Drugs of War and Empire: Narcotics Consumption and Trafficking during the Occupation of Japan, 1945-1952” in [Drugs and the Politics of Consumption in Japan](https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/63704?language=en), eds. Judith Vitale, Oleg Benesch, and Miriam Kingsberg Kadia. Boston: Brill, 2023.

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