| War and National Reinvention: Japan in the Great War, 1914-1919 Contributor(s): Dickinson, Frederick R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674005074 ISBN-13: 9780674005075 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2001 Annotation: For Japan, as one of the victorious allies, World War I meant territorial gains in China and the Pacific. At the end of the war, however, Japan discovered that in modeling itself on imperial Germany since the nineteenth century, it had perhaps been imitating the wrong national example. Japanese policy debates during World War I, particularly the clash between proponents of greater democratization and those who argued for military expansion, thus became part of the ongoing discussion of national identity among Japanese elites. This study links two sets of concerns--the focus of recent studies of the nation on language, culture, education, and race; and the emphasis of diplomatic history on international developments--to show how political, diplomatic, and cultural concerns work together to shape national identity. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War I - History | Asia - Japan - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 940.322 |
| LCCN: 99023508 |
| Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.09" W x 9.1" (1.22 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
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Contributor Bio(s): Dickinson, Frederick R.: - Frederick R. Dickinson is Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. |