Название: A History of Modern Japan: In Search of a Nation: 1850 to the PresentАвтор: Christopher Harding
Издательство: Tuttle Publishing
Год: 2020
Страниц: 512
Язык: английский
Формат: epub
Размер: 16.1 MB
In A History of Modern Japan, cultural historian Christopher Harding delves into the untold stories of Japan's recent history - from a pop star's nuclear power protest song in 2011, to Japanese feminists who fought for an equal political voice in the 1890s.
Though highly successful, and typically portrayed as a unified effort, Japan's rebuilding throughout the 20th century faced a lot of domestic criticism. This story-led account gives a voice to those who felt they didn't fit in with what Japan was becoming. It's that push and pull that made the country what it is today.
This book will be a fascinating read for anyone interested in Japanese culture - whether film and literature, or pop culture and manga - as big shifts in Japanese ideology and society tend to come from culture and the arts, rather than being politically-driven. It will also be of interest to those traveling to Japan who want a better sense of the place, or anyone seeking to better understand Japan's role on the global stage.
Japan’s dramatic rise, fall and resurgence across the twentieth century was real enough. But this by itself didn’t explain a seemingly unshakeable commitment at home and around the world to this one story about Japan, all but eclipsing a wealth of conflicting, complicating evidence emerging from the late nineteenth century onwards. When the post-war boom years finally turned to bust in the 1990s—fears for their financial future, compounded by apprehension over China’s rise and later the tick-tick-tick of a demographic time bomb (ageing society, low birth rate)—there was a deep sense of shock among people in Japan. This was not the country that politicians and much of the media had led them to believe they were living in, and working for. There was surprise abroad too, combined with a stubborn commitment to the modernization story.
With over 100 photographs, maps and prints, A History of Modern Japan showcases the compelling story of Japan's amazing growth and its resulting struggles. For all the country's advancement, the Japanese people continue to wrestle with the notion of what it means to be Japanese in a changing world.
“An elegantly written and compelling history of Japan’s past century and a half… intriguing and thought provoking.” - Bill Emmott, The Spectator
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