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The quest for the lost nation : writing history in Germany and Japan in the American century / / Sebastian Conrad ; translated by Alan Nothnagle



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Autore: Conrad Sebastian Visualizza persona
Titolo: The quest for the lost nation : writing history in Germany and Japan in the American century / / Sebastian Conrad ; translated by Alan Nothnagle Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (400 p.)
Disciplina: 943.086072/043
Soggetto topico: Historiography - Germany - History - 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 - Influence
World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects - Germany
World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects - Japan
Cold War - Social aspects - Germany
Cold War - Social aspects - Japan
Soggetto geografico: Japan History 20th century
Germany Historiography
Japan Historiography
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Mapping Postwar Historiography in Germany and Japan -- Chapter Two. The Origin of the Nation -- Chapter Three. The Nation as Victim -- Chapter Four. The Invention of Contemporary History -- Chapter Five.The Temporalization of Space -- Chapter Six. History and Memory -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The quest for the lost nation  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-69770-6
9786612697708
0-520-94581-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910813968103321
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Serie: California world history library ; ; 12.