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What is Japan's Orient : Rendering Pasts Into History about?

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

Author

Stefan Tanaka; American Council of Learned Societies

Publisher

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780585108339

Subjects

History, Humanities