Japan''s Orient - Rendering Pasts Into History

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List of contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION:
THE DISCOVERY OF HISTORY

PART ONE: FINDING EQUIVALENCE
1
From Kangaku to 1oyiishi: The Search for History
2
Toyoshi: The Convergence of East and West

PART TWO: CREATING DIFFERENCE
Interlude: Difference and Tradition
3
Shina: The Separation of Japan from China
4
Shina: The Narration of Japan's Emergence
5
Shina: The Authorization of a Discourse
6
Archeology: The Institutionalization of Shina

EPILOGUE: THE RENOVATION OF THE PAST
WORKS CITED
INDEX

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: S. Tanaka, Stefan Tanaka, Tanaka Stefan
• Assisted by: Stefan Tanaka (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.02.1995
• EAN: 9780520201705
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20170-5
• No. of pages: 305
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Historiography, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Historiography, Social and cultural history, Asian History