War memory and social politics in Japan, 1945-2005 /
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Author / Creator: | Seraphim, Franziska, 1965- |
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Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center, 2006. |
Description: | xv, 409 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Harvard East Asian monographs ; 278 |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6202515 |
Summary: | This text unravels the political dynamics in that governed the place of war memory in public life. Far from reconciling with the victims of imperialism, conservative administrations have left the memory of the war to representatives of citizen movements, all of whom used war memory to further their own interests. |
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Physical Description: | xv, 409 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-386) and index. |
ISBN: | 0674022718 9780674022713 |