Overcome by Modernity : History, Culture, and Community in Interwar Japan /

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In the decades between the two World Wars, Japan made a dramatic entry into the modern age, expanding its capital industries and urbanizing so quickly as to rival many long-standing Western industrial societies. How the Japanese made sense of the sudden transformation and the subsequent rise of mass...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harootunian, Harry D., 1929-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
International relations.
Civilization > Western influences.
Civilization, Modern.
Civilization.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
Civilisation > 20e siecle.
Civilization, Modern > 20th century.
Japan.
Japon > Civilisation > Influence occidentale.
Japon > Civilisation > 1926-1945.
Japon > Civilisation > 1912-1926.
Japan > Relations.
Japan > Civilization > Western influences.
Japan > Civilization > 1926-1945.
Japan > Civilization > 1912-1926.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; OVERCOME BY MODERNITY; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1; The Fantasy of Modern Life; Chapter 2; Overcoming Modernity; Chapter 3; Perceiving the Present; Chapter 4; The Persistence of Cultural Memory; Chapter 5; The Communal Body; Chapter 6; History's Actuality; Abbreviations; Notes; Index.

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