The making of the "Rape of Nanking" : history and memory in Japan, China, and the United States / Takashi Yoshida.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yoshida, Takashi, 1963-

Series:

Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

A study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937.

Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China)--History--20th century.

Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China).

Physical Description:

x, 268 pages ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

History and memory in Japan, China, and the United States.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Contents:

Introduction: The Greater East Asian War 3

Part I Allies and Enemies in the Asia-Pacific War (1937-45)

1 Japan: Mobilizing the Nation, Sanitizing Aggression 11

2 China: Intolerable Atrocities 27

3 United States: The "Rape of Nanking" 37

Part II The Storm of Postwar and Cold War Politics (1945-71)

4 Japan: Confronting the Nanjing Massacre 45

5 China: In Times of Civil and Cold War 62

6 United States: Rebuilding Japan 71

Part III Bringing the Nanjing Massacre into Print (1971-89)

7 Japan: From "Victim Consciousness" to "Victimizer Consciousness" 81

8 China: Nationalizing Memory of the Nanjing Massacre 102

9 United States: Focus on Japanese Denials of the Past 114

Part IV The Internationalization of the Nanjing Massacre (1989 to Present)

10 Japan: A War over History and Memory 129

11 China: The Nanjing Massacre and Patriotic Education 154

12 United States: Rediscovery of the Nanjing Massacre 165

Studies of the Weatherhead Institute, Columbia University 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-257) and index.

ISBN:

0195180968

OCLC:

61200823

Publisher Number:

9780195180961