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

Ways of forgetting, ways of remembering : Japan in the modern world / John W. Dower.

Author/creator	Dower, John W.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : New Press, 2012.
Description	viii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	World War, 1939-1945--Japan. World War, 1939-1945--Japan --Historiography. World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects --Japan. World War, 1939-1945--Influence. Collective memory--Japan --History --20th century. Social change--Japan --History --20th century. Japan--History --1945- Japan--History --1945- --Historiography. Japan--Politics and government --1945- Japan--Social conditions --1945-

Contents	E.H. Norman, Japan, and the Uses of History -- Race, Language, and War in Two Cultures : World War II in Asia -- Japan's Beautiful Modern War -- "An Aptitude for Being Unloved" : War and Memory in Japan -- The Bombed : Hiroshimas and Nagasakis in Japanese Memory -- A Doctor's Diary of Hiroshima, Fifty Years Later -- How a Genuine Democracy Should Celebrate Its Past -- Peace and Democracy in Two Systems -- Mocking Misery : Grassroots Satire in Defeated Japan -- Lessons from Japan About War's Aftermath -- The Other Japanese Occupation.
Abstract	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-271) and index.
LCCN	2011033861
ISBN	9781595586186
ISBN	1595586180 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DS889.15 .D69 2012	✔ Available	Place Hold