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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817405503321

Autore

Dierkes Julian Beatus <1970-, >

Titolo

Postwar history education in Japan and the Germanys : guilty lessons : a study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University / / Julian Dierkes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-19363-0

0-203-86458-1

9786613045249

1-135-19364-9

1-283-04524-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Routledge contemporary Japan series ; ; 29

A study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

Disciplina

943.53/43

Soggetti

National characteristics, Japanese - Study and teaching

National characteristics, German - Study and teaching

World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects - Japan

World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects - Germany

War and society - Japan - History - 20th century

War and society - Germany (East) - History

War and society - Germany (West) - History

Japan History Study and teaching Japan

Germany History Study and teaching Germany (East)

Germany History Study and teaching Germany (West)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The determinants of portrayals of the nation in history education -- The re-nationalization of history in East German education -- Rationalizing portrayals of the nation in (West) German history education -- Japanese bureaucrats and empiricist textbook historiography -- Portrayals of the nation in Japanese and German history education explained.



Sommario/riassunto

How did East and West Germany and Japan reconstitute national identity after World War II? Did all three experience parallel reactions to national trauma and reconstruction?History education shaped how these nations reconceived their national identities. Because the content of history education was controlled by different actors, history education materials framed national identity in very different ways. In Japan, where the curriculum was controlled by bureaucrats bent on maintaining their purported neutrality, materials focused on the empirical building blocks of history (wh