{"product_id":"the-quest-for-the-lost-nation-9780520259447","title":"The Quest for the Lost Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChronicles the Germany's and Japan's struggles to reclaim a defeated national past. This book compares the ways German and Japanese scholars revised national history after World War-II in the shadows of fascism, surrender and American occupation. It shows that the focus on the nation can be understood only within a transnational context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Quest for the Lost Nation should be celebrated as the first book of its kind.\" -- Franziska Seraphim Monumenta Nipponica \"An important examination of the context and content of historical scholarship in postwar Germany and Japan.\" Central European History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents Introduction  1. Mapping Postwar Historiography in Germany and Japan 2. The Origin of the Nation: Bismarck, Meiji Ishin, and the Subject of History 3. The Nation as Victim: Writing the History of National Socialism and Japanese Fascism 4. The Invention of Contemporary History 5. The Temporalization of Space: Germany and Japan between East and West 6. History and Memory: Germany and Japan, 1945--2  Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402837827927,"sku":"9780520259447","price":56.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-quest-for-the-lost-nation-9780520259447","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}