The teleology of the modern nation-state : Japan and China 9780812238204, 0812238206

This interdisciplinary volume asks deceptively simple questions: When did "Japan" and "China" become

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The Teleology of the Modern Nation-State: Japan and China 9781512821611
The Teleology of the Modern Nation-State: Japan and China 9781512821611

Although we may be aware that China and Japan were not nation-states until relatively recently, we still speak and write

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Parting the Mists: Discovering Japan and the Rise of National-Style Painting in Modern China 9780824845360
Parting the Mists: Discovering Japan and the Rise of National-Style Painting in Modern China 9780824845360

In Parting the Mists, Aida Yuen Wong makes a convincing argument that the forging of a national tradition in modern Chin

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Japan–China Relations in the Modern Era 9781138714915, 9781138714601, 9781315229058
Japan–China Relations in the Modern Era 9781138714915, 9781138714601, 9781315229058

From before the dawn of recorded history, there has been a rich flow of interaction between Japan and China. Japan has l

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China, Japan and the European Community 9781472553324
China, Japan and the European Community 9781472553324

In 1990, China, rich in natural resources but short on technology and managerial skills, offers enormous potential for t

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Traps Embraced or Escaped: Elites in the Economic Development of Modern Japan and China 1283148307, 9781283148306
Traps Embraced or Escaped: Elites in the Economic Development of Modern Japan and China 1283148307, 9781283148306

Countries commencing industrialization with relatively low levels of agricultural productivity, hence low wages, enjoy a

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Modern Women in China and Japan: Gender, Feminism and Global Modernity Between the Wars 9780755619702, 9781848859395
Modern Women in China and Japan: Gender, Feminism and Global Modernity Between the Wars 9780755619702, 9781848859395

At the dawn of the 1930s a new empowered and liberated image of the female was taking root in popular culture in the Wes

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Teleology and the Norms of Nature 9781136712654, 1136712658, 9781136712685, 1136712682
Teleology and the Norms of Nature 9781136712654, 1136712658, 9781136712685, 1136712682

"This work is an examination of teleological attributions i.e. ascriptions of proper functions and natural ends) to

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1368: China and the Making of the Modern World 9781503631519
1368: China and the Making of the Modern World 9781503631519

A new picture of China's rise since the Age of Exploration and its historical impact on the modern world. The est

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Hirohito and the making of modern Japan 9780061860478, 0061860476
Hirohito and the making of modern Japan 9780061860478, 0061860476

Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeIn this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the

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Afterlives of Letters: The Transnational Origins of Modern Literature in China, Japan, and Korea 9780231211529, 9780231211536, 9780231558952
Afterlives of Letters: The Transnational Origins of Modern Literature in China, Japan, and Korea 9780231211529, 9780231211536, 9780231558952

Satoru Hashimoto offers a novel way of understanding the origins of modern literature in a transregional context, drawin

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