20th century japan the emergence of a world power
20th century japanese culture
20th century japanese society
age old practices
asian history
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cultural identity
dialectics of memory
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hiroshima
imperial democracy
imperial japan
japan
japanese
japanese culture
japanese history
japanese studies
japanese style management
judo
korea
labor management
manchuria
marketing
modern japan
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traditional practices
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Product details
- ISBN 9780520206373
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 1998
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This collection of essays challenges the notion that Japan's present cultural identity is the simple legacy of Japan's premodern and insular past. Building on the pathbreaking historical analysis of British traditions, The Invention of Tradition, sixteen American and Japanese scholars examine "age-old" Japanese cultural practices, ranging from judo to labor management, and show these to be largely creations of the modern era.
Stephen Vlastos is Professor of History at the University of Iowa, and author of Peasant Protests and Uprisings in Tokugawa Japan (California, 1986).
