Imperial Japan at Its Zenith : : The Wartime Celebration of the Empire's 2,600th Anniversary / / Kenneth J. Ruoff.
In 1940, Japan was into its third year of war with China, and relations with the United States were deteriorating, but it was a heady time for the Japanese nonetheless. That year, the Japanese commemorated the 2,600th anniversary of the founding of the Empire of Japan. According to the imperial myth...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 22 color photographs, 29 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The National History Boom
- 2. Mass Participation and Mass Consumption
- 3. Imperial Heritage Tourism
- 4. Touring Korea
- 5. Touring Manchuria's Sacred Sites
- 6. Overseas Japanese and the Fatherland
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index