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Making History Matter: Kuroita Katsumi and the Construction of Imperial Japan
Lisa Yoshikawa
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Hardback. Lisa Yoshikawa explores the role history and historians played in imperial Japan's nation and empire building from the 1890s to the 1930s. Through a close reading of vast, multilingual sources, Yoshikawa argues that scholarship and politics were inseparable as Japan's historical profession developed. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
Making History Matter 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 ... Read more
Making History Matter 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674975170
SKU
V9780674975170
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About Lisa Yoshikawa
Lisa Yoshikawa is Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
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