From Country to Nation: Ethnographic Studies, Kokugaku, and Spirits in Nineteenth-Century Japan 1501753932, 9781501753930

From Country to Nation: Ethnographic Studies, Kokugaku, and Spirits in Nineteenth-Century Japan 1501753959, 9781501753954

"This book tracks the emergence of the modern Japanese nation in the nineteenth century through the history of some

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Before the Nation: Kokugaku and the Imagining of Community in Early Modern Japan 9780822384908

Shows how a modern nationalism was constructed in Japan from existing notions of community, at a time before the idea of

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Civilization and Monsters: Spirits of Modernity in Meiji Japan 9780822396338

Monsters, ghosts, the supernatural, the fantastic, the mysterious. These are not usually considered the “stuff” of moder

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Japan Country Living 9781462906499

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Japan A Country Study 0844407313

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From Shinto to Ando: Studies in Architectural Anthropology in Japan 9781854902894

This absorbing and well researched book traces in depth the ancient roots of Japanese sacred architecture and their rele

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Moral Nation: Modern Japan and Narcotics in Global History 9780520957480

This trailblazing study examines the history of narcotics in Japan to explain the development of global criteria for pol

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Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, Country Studies 0844408484

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Guyana And Belize, Country Studies 084440778X

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