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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Cornell University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Ithaca, New York : |
Publication Dates: | 2018. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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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. |