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Tōhoku : Japan's constructed outland /

"In March 2011 Japan's Tōhoku region was devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami. This was another blow to an area that has been dogged by hardships throughout Japanese history. Beginning in the middle of the 19th century, modern Japan, in its quest to form a nation-state, situated...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kawanishi, Hidemichi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Japonés
Publicado: Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, 2016.
Colección:Regional spaces, cultures and identities of East Asia ; volume 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Translator's foreword
  • Note to the reader
  • Introduction: Defining Tohoku
  • Between Outland and Arcadia : 1780s-1880s
  • A dirt-cheap wasteland : 1870s-1880s
  • A burning sense of Tohoku spirit : 1880s-1890s
  • Constructing Tohoku : 1890s-1900s
  • Development and discrimination : 1890s-1910s
  • Tohoku nationalism : 1880s-1900s
  • Conclusion: The future of Tohoku discourse : 1900s-1910s
  • Postscript to the Japanese edition.