{"product_id":"a-malleable-map-17-kren-wigen-9780520272767","title":"A Malleable Map: Geographies of Restoration in Central Japan, 1600-1912 Volume 17","description":"K ren Wigen probes regional cartography, choerography, and statecraft to redefine restoration (\u003ci\u003eishin\u003c\/i\u003e) in modern Japanese history. As developed here, that term designates not the quick coup d' tat of 1868 but a three-centuries-long project of rehabilitating an ancient map for modern purposes. Drawing on a wide range of geographical documents from Shinano (present-day Nagano Prefecture), Wigen argues that both the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600-1868) and the reformers of the Meiji era (1868-1912) recruited the classical map to serve the cause of administrative reform. Nor were they alone; provincial men of letters played an equally critical role in bringing imperial geography back to life in the countryside. To substantiate these claims, Wigen traces the continuing career of the classical court's most important unit of governance--the province--in central Honshu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e K舐en Wigen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520272765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520272767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"K舐en Wigen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058170687743,"sku":"9780520272767","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52b1ee5c-7f62-4cb0-97c5-18b92d06d8cf.jpg?v=1685051052","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-malleable-map-17-kren-wigen-9780520272767","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}