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Dark pasts : changing the state's story in Turkey and Japan / Jennifer M. Dixon.

Publication | Library Call Number: DS195.5 .D58 2018

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Format
Book
Author/Creator
Dixon, Jennifer M. (Jennifer Margaret), author.
Published
Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2018
©2018
Locale
Turkey
Japan
China
Türkei
Language
English

About This Publication

Physical Description
xii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
ISBN
9781501730245
150173024X
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-252) and index.
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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