| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 257 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction : the dignity of nations / John Fitzgerald -- Equality, hierarchy, and identity in modern Japan : reflections on the nationalist ethics of Fukuzawa Yukichi / Naoki Sakai -- Indignity for the emperor, equality for the people : Taishô democracy and the transition from nationalism to ultranationalism in modern Japan / Masachi Ohsawa -- Turning slaves into citizens : discourses on Guomin and the construction of Chinese national identity in the Late Qing Period / Sung-chiao Shen and Sechin Y.S. Chien -- Dignity of the nation, gender equality, or charity for all? options for the first modern Chinese women doctors / Angela Ki Che Leung -- Nationalism, democracy and dignity in twentieth-century China / John Fitzgerald -- Between Heimat and nation : Japanese colonial education and the origins of "Taiwanese consciousness" / Wan-yao Chou -- Is Taiwan a nation? on the current debate over Taiwanese national identity and national recognition / Yi-huah Jiang -- In God's image : the Christian, the individual, and the nation in colonial Korea / Kenneth M. Wells -- Economic nationalism and income distribution in late-industrializing countries / Alice H. Amsden and Takashi Hikino |
| Summary |
Contributors to this book argue that everyday struggles for dignity and equality in the states of East Asia provide much of the impetus driving East Asian nationalism. They examine China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, which occupy one of the most volatile regions in the world today |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Nationalism -- East Asia
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Equality -- East Asia
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism.
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Equality
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Nationalism
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Politics and government
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89.22 nationalism.
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Human dignity.
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Honour.
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Nationalism.
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| SUBJECT |
East Asia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011005273
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East Asia
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East Asia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fitzgerald, John, 1951-
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Qian, Yongxiang.
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| ISBN |
9789882203709 |
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9882203701 |
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