History education and international relations : a case study of diplomatic disputes over Japanese textbooks / / by Mutsumi Hirano.

• Author: Hirano, Mutsumi.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (327 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

First in-depth study to examine the implications of history education in the context of international relations (interstate and transnational), focusing on Japanese textbooks. The author argues that despite a widespread recognition that our grasp of history has some relevance to our views and attitudes towards foreign countries and peoples.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Government Influence and the Domestic Educational Environment; 3 The Domestic Environment and its Interaction with the External Environment; 4 History Education in Japan; 5 The Japanese History Textbook Disputes in the 1980's (Part I); 6 The Japanese History Textbook Disputes in the 1980's (Part II); 7 Twenty-five Years On - Cross-border Interactions in Historical Knowledge; 8 Conclusion; Appendices; Select Bibliography; Index