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Dark pasts : changing the state's story in Turkey and Japan /

"Drawing on an in-depth, macro-historical analysis of the post-World War II trajectories of Turkey's narrative of the 1915-17 Armenian Genocide and Japan's narrative of the 1937-38 Nanjing Massacre, the book unpacks the complex processes through which international pressures and domes...

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Main Authors: Dixon, Jennifer M. Jennifer Margaret
Published: Cornell University Press,
Publisher Address: Ithaca, New York :
Publication Dates: 2018.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Armenian massacres, 1915-1923 > Historiography
Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937 > Historiography
Historiography > Political aspects > Turkey > History > 20th century
Historiography > Political aspects > Japan > History > 20th century
Summary: "Drawing on an in-depth, macro-historical analysis of the post-World War II trajectories of Turkey's narrative of the 1915-17 Armenian Genocide and Japan's narrative of the 1937-38 Nanjing Massacre, the book unpacks the complex processes through which international pressures and domestic dynamics shape states' narratives"--
Carrier Form: xii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-252) and index.
ISBN: 9781501730245
150173024X
Index Number: DS195
CLC: K313.46
K374.42
Call Number: K374.42/D621
Contents: Introduction : coming to terms with dark pasts? -- Changing the state's story -- The Armenian genocide and its aftermath -- From silencing to mythmaking (1950-early 1990s) -- Playing hardball (1994-2008) -- The Nanjing massacre and the second Sino-Japanese war -- "History issues" in the postwar period (1952-1989) -- Unfreezing the question of history (1998-2008) -- Conclusion : the politics of dark pasts.

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