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The Quest for the Lost Nation: Writing History in Germany and Japan in the American Century
Sebastian Conrad
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Description for The Quest for the Lost Nation: Writing History in Germany and Japan in the American Century
Hardback. Chronicles the Germany's and Japan's struggles to reclaim a defeated national past. This book compares the ways German and Japanese scholars revised national history after World War-II in the shadows of fascism, surrender and American occupation. It shows that the focus on the nation can be understood only within a transnational context. Translator(s): Nothnagle, Alan L. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 400 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 690.
Highly praised when published in Germany, "The Quest for the Lost Nation" 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 ... Read more
Highly praised when published in Germany, "The Quest for the Lost Nation" 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Series
California World History Library
Condition
New
Weight
690g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520259447
SKU
V9780520259447
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About Sebastian Conrad
Sebastian Conrad is Professor of History at the European University Institute in Florence. Conrad is also the author of Globalisation and Nation in Imperial Germany and has edited, together with Dominic Sachsenmaier, Competing Visions of World Order: Global Moments and Movements, 1880s-1930s.
Reviews for The Quest for the Lost Nation: Writing History in Germany and Japan in the American Century
"The Quest for the Lost Nation should be celebrated as the first book of its kind."
Franziska Seraphim Monumenta Nipponica "An important examination of the context and content of historical scholarship in postwar Germany and Japan." Central European History
Franziska Seraphim Monumenta Nipponica "An important examination of the context and content of historical scholarship in postwar Germany and Japan." Central European History