Ways of forgetting, ways of remembering : Japan in the modern world /

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Author / Creator:Dower, John W.
Imprint:New York : New Press, c2012.
Description:viii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8945989
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ISBN:9781595586186 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1595586180 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-271) and index.
Summary:A profound look at American and Japanese perceptions - past and present - of key moments in their shared history. An incisive investigation of the problems of public history and its role in a modern democracy, these essays are essential reading for anyone interested in postwar U.S.-Japan relations, as well as the broader discipline of history.