The Kokugo Revolution: Education, Identity, and Language Policy in Imperial Japan 1557290954, 9781557290953

Table of contents :
Cover
Notes to this edition
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Writing Literacy, Language Reform, and Education Reform in Early Meiji Japan
3. Creating Kokugo Consciousness: Education Officials and the Emergence of National Language Ideology
4. The Birth of the Genbun'itchi Movement and Futsabun in the Middle Meiji Years
5. Ueda Kazutoshi, Systemic Linguistics, and the Academic Legitimization of Kokugo
6. The Genbun'itchi Society and the Establishment of the National Language Research Council
7. Grammar, Textbooks, and the Implementation of the National Language
8. Kokugo, the State, and Yamada Yoshio
9. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Back Cover

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The Kokugo Revolution

Education, Identity, and Language Policy in Imperial Japan

Paul H. Clark

JAPAN RESEARCH MONOGRAPH 16

Notes to this edition This is an electronic edition of the printed book. Minor corrections may have been made within the text; new information and any errata appear on the current page only. Japanese Research Monograph 16 The Kokugo Revolution: Education, Identity, and Language Policy in Imperial Japan Paul H. Clark ISBN-13: 978-1-55729-160-8 (electronic) ISBN-13: 978-1-55729-095-3 (print) ISBN-10: 1-55729-095-4 (print)

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The Kokugo Revolution Education, Identity, and Language Policy in Imperial Japan Paul H. Clark

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Clark, Paul H., 1967The kokugo revolution : education, identity, and language policy in imperial Japan / Paul H. Clark. p. em. -- Oapan research monograph ; 16) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-