- Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 258 pages) : illustrations.
- 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 1937-8 Nanjing Massacre, the book unpacks the complex processes through which international pressures and domestic dynamics shape states' narratives"--
- Uniform Title
- Dark pasts (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Dark pasts (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-252) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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 (1990-2008) -- Conclusion : the politics of dark pasts.
- LCCN
- 2018007699
- OCLC
- ssj0002049283
- Author
Dixon, Jennifer M. (Jennifer Margaret)
- Title
Dark pasts [electronic resource] : changing the state's story in Turkey and Japan / Jennifer M. Dixon.
- Imprint
Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2018.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-252) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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