The Nanjing Massacre in History and Historiography

Informationen zum Autor Joshua A. Fogel is Professor of History at the University of California! Santa Barbara. He is the author of Politics and Sinology: The Case of Naito Konan! 1866-1934 (1984)! Nakae Ushikichi in China: The Mourning of Spirit (1989)! and The Literature of Travel in the Japanese Rediscovery of China! 1862-1945 (1996)! among other works. Klappentext A compelling historiographic study of the Rape of Nanjing during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945! one of the worst atrocities of all times! and of the event's repercussions. Zusammenfassung The Rape of Nanjing was one of the worst atrocities committed during WWII. On December 13, 1937, the Japanese army captured the city of Nanjing, then the capital of wartime China. This book considers the post war treatment in China of the Nanjing Massacre and Japan. It examines how the issue has developed as a political and diplomatic controversy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Charles S. Maier 1. Introduction: The Nanjing Massacre in History Joshua A. Fogel 2. Aggression! Victimization! and Chinese Historiography of the Nanjing Massacre 11 Mark Eykholt 3. A Battle over History: The Nanjing Massacre in Japan 70 Takashi Yoshida 4. The Challenges of the Nanjing Massacre: Reflections on Historical Inquiry 133 Daqing Yang Glossary Bibliography Contributors Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Joshua A. Fogel, Fogel/Maier
• Con la collaborazione di: Joshua A. Fogel (Editore), Charles S. Maier (Editore), Charles S. Maier (Prefazione), Maier Charles S. (Prefazione)
• Editore: University Of California Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2000
• EAN: 9780520220072
• ISBN: 978-0-520-22007-2
• Pagine: 264
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 227 mm x 15 mm
• Serie: Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes; Asia: Local Studies/Global The; Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Japan, China, HISTORY / Military / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Historiography, HISTORY / Asia / China, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Historiography, Second World War, Regional Studies, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Regional / International studies, Asian History, Modern warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General