Japan's Orient: Rendering Pasts into History - Brossura

Tanaka, Stefan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0520201701 ISBN 13: 9780520201705

Casa editrice: University of California Press, 1995

Riassunto

Stefan Tanaka examines how late nineteenth and early twentieth century Japanese historians created the equivalent of an "Orient" for their new nation state. He argues that the Japanese attempted to use a variety of pasts—Chinese, Indian, and proto-historic Japanese—to construct an identity that was both modern and Asian.

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L'autore:

Stefan Tanaka is Associate Professor of History, University of California, San Diego.

Product Description:

This text examines how late 19th- and early 20th-century Japanese historians created the equivalent of an "Orient" for their new nation state. It argues that the Japanese attempted to use a variety of pasts - Chinese, Indian and proto-historic Japanese - to construct an identity that was both modern and Asian. Winner of the American Association's John K. Fairbank Prize.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: University of California Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0520201701
• ISBN 13: 9780520201705
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320