{"product_id":"the-quest-for-the-lost-sebastian-conrad-9780520259447","title":"The Quest for the Lost Nation: Writing History in Germany and Japan in the American Century Volume 12","description":"Highly praised when published in Germany, \u003ci\u003eThe Quest for the Lost Nation\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant chronicle of Germany's and Japan's struggles to reclaim a defeated national past. Sebastian Conrad compares the ways German and Japanese scholars revised national history after World War II in the shadows of fascism, surrender, and American occupation. Defeat in 1945 marked the death of the national past in both countries, yet, as Conrad proves, historians did not abandon national perspectives during reconstruction. Quite the opposite--the nation remained hidden at the center of texts as scholars tried to make sense of the past and searched for fragments of the nation they had lost. By situating both countries in the Cold War, Conrad shows that the focus on the nation can be understood only within a transnational context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sebastian Conrad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520259440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520259447\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 07\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011","brand":"Sebastian Conrad","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076061720831,"sku":"9780520259447","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bec360c0-0510-486a-bfb7-d78fb9022e74.jpg?v=1685462956","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-quest-for-the-lost-sebastian-conrad-9780520259447","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}