Japan's Orient: Rendering Pasts Into History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520201705)

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
ISBN-10: 0520201701
ISBN-13: 9780520201705
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 02/08/1995
Pages: 305
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.14h x 5.90w x 0.80d