Japan's Orient

Japan's Orient
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 0520916689
ISBN-13 : 9780520916685
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Book Synopsis Japan's Orient by : Stefan Tanaka

Download or read book Japan's Orient written by Stefan Tanaka and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1995-02-08 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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