Japan's Orient by Stefan Tanaka

Japan's Orient by Stefan Tanaka

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Examines how late nineteenth and early twentieth century Japanese historians created the equivalent of an 'Orient' for their new nation state. This title 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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Japan's Orient by 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 identity that was both modern and Asian.
Stefan Tanaka is Associate Professor of History, University of California, San Diego.
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ISBN 13 9780520201705
ISBN 10 0520201701
Titel Japan's Orient
Autor Stefan Tanaka
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag University of California Press
Erscheinungsjahr 1995-02-08
Seitenanzahl 305
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