The Limits of Westernization: American and East Asian Intellectuals Creates Modernity
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When one works on modern Japanese history in a global context in the English language medium, one constantly encounters descriptions, such as Japan’s ‘imitation’ or ‘mimicking’ and ‘Western tutelage.’ These works often stress ‘Western influence’ with little attention to the roles of the Japanese actors, the historical contexts of Japan, or the rich Japanese-language scholarships in the given fields. A recently acclaimed work, The Internationalists,[8] is one such example, despite the fact that...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Akami, Tomoko | |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-04T05:52:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-04T05:52:39Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/164347 | |
dc.description.abstract | When one works on modern Japanese history in a global context in the English language medium, one constantly encounters descriptions, such as Japan’s ‘imitation’ or ‘mimicking’ and ‘Western tutelage.’ These works often stress ‘Western influence’ with little attention to the roles of the Japanese actors, the historical contexts of Japan, or the rich Japanese-language scholarships in the given fields. A recently acclaimed work, The Internationalists,[8] is one such example, despite the fact that it is significant in drawing the people’s attention to the Pact of Paris of 1928. | |
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dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
dc.publisher | H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences Online | |
dc.rights | © 2019 The Authors | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | |
dc.source | H-Diplo | |
dc.source.uri | http://www.tiny.cc/Roundtable-XX-40 | |
dc.title | The Limits of Westernization: American and East Asian Intellectuals Creates Modernity | |
dc.type | Review | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 40 | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 210399 - Historical Studies not elsewhere classified | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u5851225xPUB37 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Akami, Tomoko, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU | |
local.identifier.absseo | 970121 - Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology | |
dc.date.updated | 2019-06-30T08:26:15Z | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
dc.provenance | Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivs 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US) | |
dc.rights.license | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US) | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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