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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.
Price: $19.95
Pages: 305
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
08 February 1995
ISBN: 9780520916685
Format: eBook
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION:
THE DISCOVERY OF HISTORY
PART ONE: FINDING EQUIVALENCE
1
From Kangaku to 1oyiishi: The Search for History
2
Toyoshi: The Convergence of East and West
PART TWO: CREATING DIFFERENCE
Interlude: Difference and Tradition
3
Shina: The Separation of Japan from China
4
Shina: The Narration of Japan's Emergence
5
Shina: The Authorization of a Discourse
6
Archeology: The Institutionalization of Shina
EPILOGUE: THE RENOVATION OF THE PAST
WORKS CITED
INDEX
INTRODUCTION:
THE DISCOVERY OF HISTORY
PART ONE: FINDING EQUIVALENCE
1
From Kangaku to 1oyiishi: The Search for History
2
Toyoshi: The Convergence of East and West
PART TWO: CREATING DIFFERENCE
Interlude: Difference and Tradition
3
Shina: The Separation of Japan from China
4
Shina: The Narration of Japan's Emergence
5
Shina: The Authorization of a Discourse
6
Archeology: The Institutionalization of Shina
EPILOGUE: THE RENOVATION OF THE PAST
WORKS CITED
INDEX