{"product_id":"japanese-historians-and-the-national-myths-16001945-9780774806442","title":"Japanese Historians and the National Myths","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first comprehensive study of modern Japanese historians and their relationship to nationalism and how they interpreted ancient myths of their origins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work would constitute an excellent introduction to the modern history of the discipline of Japanese history up to the end of the Pacific war. -- Herman Ooms * Canadian Journal of History *\u003cbr\u003eBrownlee offers the first full treatment of historical perspectives on the central Japanese creation myth .... Soundly researched with a wealth of Japanese sources, this is an important book, useful to specialists and nonspecialists alike. -- C.A. Desnoyers * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eBrownlee is careful not to condemn historians working under different conditions at different times. ... Yet he convincingly demonstrates the pitfalls of state-controlled education. And he is concerned about his contemporary Japanese colleagues, warning that they ‘do not appreciate the perils of misstatement and of failure to speak out.’ His highly readable book is a vivid testimony that the history of history can be just as fascinating as history. -- Florian Coulmas * Japan Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: The Tokugawa Period\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Hayashi Razan (1583-1657) and Hayashi Gaho (1618-80): Founders of Modern Historical Scholarship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Dai Nihon Shi [History of Great Japan]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725) and Yamagata Banto (1748-1821): Pure Rationalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Date Chihiro (1802-77): Taisei Santen Ko [Three Stages in the History of Japan]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 The Resistance of National Scholars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: The Modern Century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 European Influences on Meiji Historical Writing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 The Beginnings of Academic History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 The Kume Kunitake Incident, 1890-2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 The Development of Academic History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 The Southern and Northern Courts Controversy, 1911\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Eminent Historians in the 1930s: The Betrayal of Scientific History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 The Commission of Inquiry into Historical Sites Related to Emperor Jinmu, 1940\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Tsuda Sokichi (1873-1961): An Innocent on the Loose\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Historical Scholarship, Education, and Politics in Postwar Japan\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404903620951,"sku":"9780774806442","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/japanese-historians-and-the-national-myths-16001945-9780774806442","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}