HiPo: The Langara Student Journal of History and Political Science VOL. 4, MARCH 2021 HiPo The Langara Student Journal of History and Political Science Volume 4 EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Declan Burke Michelle Wong All articles are anonymously student peerreviewed and edited. Submissions from the editorial team have been reviewed by faculty. HiPo is published online annually with the support of the Department of History, Latin, and Political Science; the Dean and Division Chair of Social Sciences; Langara Communications & Marketing; and the Langara Print Shop. ISSN 2561-6536 Submissions: https://langara.ca/departments/history-latinpolitical-science/HiPo Email: hipojournal@langara.ca March 2021 EDITORS Atena Abbaspour Lily Baker Lauren Howell Arden Jansen Samira Sallow Alyssa Wu FACULTY ADVISOR Sean Maschmann DEPARTMENT CHAIR, HISTORY, LATIN, & POLITICAL SCIENCE Niall Christie DEAN, SOCIAL SCIENCES & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Elizabeth Barbeau DIVISION CHAIR, SOCIAL SCIENCES Laura Cullen William the Hippo appears courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 17.9.1 Cover image: Zenkyoto protester helmet, 1960s, currently in the Narita Airport and Community Historical Museum, Narita, Japan. Image by 7GIT, via Wikimedia CONTENTS EDITORIALS A Letter from the Editors-in-Chief DECLAN BURKE & MICHELLE WONG 1 A Letter from the Department Chair NIALL CHRISTIE 2 ARTICLES The Shadow of Japanese Postwar Nationalism and Zainichi Disenfranchisement MARZIA AMBROSINI 5 “Racial Equality” at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919: Humanitarian Rhetoric and Japanese Imperial Expansion. RORY FLYNN 13 The Impact of Ethnic Geography Established in Colonial Kenya on Politics Post-Independence SHAUNA BEVACQUA-SMITH 22 Colonial Medicine Ills VERN BEAMISH 27 The Civil War Resulted in a Culmination of Economic Conflicts Between the North and South EUNICE ER 34 A Revolution Fulfilled, or Betrayed? The Ideological Dynamics of the Iranian Revolution DECLAN BURKE 41 Positive Neutrality: Nasser’s Most Consequential Policy DOMENIC BIAMONTE 48 The Fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Mismanagement of Palestine and Subsequent Land Grab AMRAN ABDIRAHMAN 55 The Road to Caesar: Establishing the Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic COREY MORRELL 63 Adornment of a Hellenistic Maenad: A Gold Hairnet in Context ASHLEY LAVANCHY 69 Clothing and the Great Depression: A Fashion Trend Analysis AUSTIN EVERETT 78 BOOK REVIEWS The Persian Boy by Mary Renault LILY BAKER 87 The Unknown Revolution: 1917 - 1921 by Voline DECLAN BURKE 90 A LETTER FROM THE EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Volume 4 of HiPo continues the tradition of highlighting the exceptional undergraduate scholarship in the fields of History, Political Science, Classical Studies, and Art History here at Langara. Organized and composed by students themselves, this edition covers a broad range of topics across both time and the world. We are excited to present several very insightful pieces on colonial and postcolonial history and theory from around the globe, as well as various socio-political and historical analyses. Combined with in-depth artistic and cultural investigations from the ancient world to the 20th century, volume 4 presents a fascinating cross section of our fellow student’s achievements. We are also proud to introduce the inaugural edition of our new Book Review section and hope it will provide another avenue for our peers to collaborate and share their scholarly interests with each other, and our general readership, in the future. We would like to thank the staff and faculty of the History, Political Science, Art History, and Classical Studies departments for their help in promoting and spreading the word about the journal to their students. In particular, we would like to thank our Faculty Advisor Sean Maschmann, Dr. Jennifer Knapp, Dr. Erin Robb, and Dr. Jessica Hemming for their direct tutelage, advice, and guidance in compiling Volume 4; we could not have done it without you. Finally, we would like to offer a particularly enthusiastic thank you to all those who took the time to submit papers, as well as our exemplary team of editors. It was our pleasure to work with all of you on this edition. In a year dominated by the difficulties of the Covid19 pandemic, as well as the challenges of remote work and study, your commitment and efforts are all the more worthy of acknowledgement and celebration. Thank you all so very much. We hope you enjoy this exceptional issue. DECLAN BURKE & MICHELLE WONG Editors-in-Chief HiPo Vol. 4 1 March 2021 A LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR This is the second year that I have had the privilege of writing an introductory letter for HiPo, and what a year it has been! However, despite the move to on-line, remote production, the HiPo marches on, undeterred and resolute in bringing the knowledge and wisdom that it bears to its readers. On behalf of the department I would like to express our thanks to the college administration for their continued financial and logistical support for the journal. Yet this issue could not have been produced without the dedicated and diligent efforts, in the face of considerable adversity, of the contributors, student editors, and faculty advisors who have gone above and beyond to ensure that the journal has continued to flourish. Please accept our most sincere congratulations and deepest gratitude for another excellent issue of HiPo. NIALL CHRISTIE, PHD Department Chair History, Latin, and Political Science HiPo Vol. 4 2 March 2021 ARTICLES HiPo Vol. 4 4 March 2021