Japan's Castles - Citadels of Modernity in War and Peace

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. From Feudalism to Empire: 1. Castles and the transition to the imperial state; 2. The discovery of castles, 1877-1912; 3. Castles, civil society, and the paradoxes of 'Taisho militarism'; 4. Castles in war and peace: celebrating modernity, empire, and war; Part II. From Feudalism to the Edge of Space: 5. Castles in war and peace II: Kokura, Kanazawa, and the rehabilitation of the nation; 6. 'Fukk¿': Hiroshima Castle rises from the ashes; 7. Escape from the center: castles and the search for local identity; 8. Japan's new castle builders: recapturing tradition and culture; Conclusions.

About the author

Oleg Benesch is Senior Lecturer in East Asian History at the University of York. He is the author of Inventing the Way of the Samurai: Nationalism, Internationalism, and Bushido in Modern Japan (2014).Ran Zwigenberg is Assistant Professor at Pennsylvania State University. His first book, Hiroshima: The Origins of Global Memory Culture (Cambridge, 2014), won the Association for Asian Studies John W. Hall Book Award in 2016.

Product details

• Authors: Oleg Benesch, Benesch Oleg, Ran Zwigenberg, Zwigenberg Ran
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2020
• EAN: 9781108741651
• ISBN: 978-1-108-74165-1
• Dimensions: 230 mm x 150 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Illustrations: 42 b/w illus., Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; HISTORY / Military / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / General, HISTORY / World, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, military history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, General & world history, Politics & government, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, Literature: history & criticism, History of Architecture, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Asian History, General and world history, Peace studies & conflict resolution, History and Archaeology, Literature: history and criticism, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Castles & fortifications, Architecture: castles and fortifications