Japan's Orient : rendering pasts into history / Stefan Tanaka.
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 identi...
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| Other title: | ACLS Fellows' Publications. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
1995.
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| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Originally published 1993; First paperback printing. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 305 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0520201701 9780520201705 0520916689 9780520916685 0585108331 9780585108339 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version. |