The quest for the lost nation writing history in Germany and Japan in the American century

Summary: Highly praised when published in Germany, The Quest for the Lost Nation is a brilliant chronicle of Germany's and Japan's struggles to reclaim a defeated national past. Sebastian Conrad compares the ways German and Japanese scholars revised national history after World War II in the shadows of fascism, surrender, and American occupation. Defeat in 1945 marked the death of the national past in both countries, yet, as Conrad proves, historians did not abandon national perspectives during reconstruction. Quite the opposite--the nation remained hidden at the center of texts as scholars tried to mak.

Record details

ISBN: 0520259440 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780520259447 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0520945816 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780520945814 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.)
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Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.

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General Note:	Multi-user. Terms of use - Multi-User. CatMonthString:jun.14 CatMonthString:february.14
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. Mapping Postwar Historiography in Germany and Japan; 2. The Origin of the Nation: Bismarck, Meiji Ishin, and the Subject of History; 3. The Nation as Victim: Writing the History of National Socialism and Japanese Fascism; 4. The Invention of Contemporary History; 5. The Temporalization of Space: Germany and Japan between East and West; 6. History and Memory: Germany and Japan, 1945-2000; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.