History and the state in nineteenth-century Japan
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History and the state in nineteenth-century Japan
Macmillan , St. Martin's Press, 1998
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History and the state in 19th-century Japan
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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2001 printing published: Basingstoke : Palgrave
"Palgrave is the new global academic imprint of St. Martin's Press LLC Scholarly and Reference Division and Palgrave Publishers Ltd (formerly Macmillan Press Ltd)" -- 2001 printing t.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-204) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Mehl describes the rise of modern historical scholarship in the context of the nation state in nineteenth-century Japan. She focuses on the Historiographical Institute at the University of Tokyo, a research institute which was originally a government office. It was established to compile an official national history to legitimize the new imperial government, which replaced shogunal rule in 1868. Particular attention is given to the relationship between history and political ideology, German influence and the importance of history for national identity.
Table of Contents
Preface - Note on Japanese Names and Terms - Introduction - Historiography in the Service of the Meiji Government -The Activities of the Office of Historiography - The Form of Official Historiography - History as an Academic Discipline - History and Ideology in Conflict - Conclusion - Appendix: Hints for Using the Historiographical Institute - Notes - Select Bibliography - Index
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