{"product_id":"making-history-matter-lisa-yoshikawa-9780674975170","title":"Making History Matter: Kuroita Katsumi and the Construction of Imperial Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking History Matter\u003c\/i\u003e explores the role history and historians played in imperial Japan's nation and empire building from the 1890s to the 1930s. As ideological architects of this process, leading historians wrote and rewrote narratives that justified the expanding realm. Learning from their Prussian counterparts, they highlighted their empiricist methodology and their scholarly standpoint, to authenticate their perspective and to distinguish themselves from competing discourses. Simultaneously, historians affirmed imperial myths that helped bolster statist authoritarianism domestically and aggressive expansionism abroad. In so doing, they aligned politically with illiberal national leaders who provided funding and other support necessary to nurture the modern discipline of history. By the 1930s, the field was thriving and historians were crucial actors in nationwide commemorations and historical enterprises. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough a close reading of vast, multilingual sources, with a focus on Kuroita Katsumi, Yoshikawa argues that scholarship and politics were inseparable as Japan's historical profession developed. In the process of making history matter, historians constructed a national past to counter growing interwar liberalism. This outlook--which continues as the historical perspective that the Liberal Democratic Party leadership embraces--ultimately justified the Japanese aggressions during the Asia-Pacific Wars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lisa Yoshikawa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674975170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674975170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2017","brand":"Lisa Yoshikawa","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46927751774463,"sku":"9780674975170","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b8fd28b1-35e5-4c44-9a48-a341e7edb5ae.jpg?v=1749372852","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-history-matter-lisa-yoshikawa-9780674975170","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}