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Quest for the Lost Nation

Writing History in Germany and Japan in the American Century

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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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 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2010-07-15
Mått152 x 229 x 33 mm
Vikt680 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCalifornia World History Library
Antal sidor400
FörlagUniversity of California Press
ISBN9780520259447
ÖversättareNothnagle, Alan

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Contents Introduction 1. Mapping Postwar Historiography in Germany and Japan 2. The Origin of the Nation: Bismarck, Meiji Ishin, and the Subject of History 3. The Nation as Victim: Writing the History of National Socialism and Japanese Fascism 4. The Invention of Contemporary History 5. The Temporalization of Space: Germany and Japan between East and West 6. History and Memory: Germany and Japan, 1945--2 Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index