History education and international relations [electronic resource] : a case study of diplomatic disputes over Japanese textbooks / by Mutsumi Hirano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirano, Mutsumi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Study and teaching--Japan.

History.

Textbooks--Japan.

Textbooks.

Diplomacy.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Place of Publication:

Folkestone [England] : Global Oriental, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First in-depth study to examine the implications of history education in the context of international relations (interstate and transnational), focusing on Japanese textbooks. The author argues that despite a widespread recognition that our grasp of history has some relevance to our views and attitudes towards foreign countries and peoples.

Contents:

Table of Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Government Influence and the Domestic Educational Environment; 3 The Domestic Environment and its Interaction with the External Environment; 4 History Education in Japan; 5 The Japanese History Textbook Disputes in the 1980's (Part I); 6 The Japanese History Textbook Disputes in the 1980's (Part II); 7 Twenty-five Years On - Cross-border Interactions in Historical Knowledge; 8 Conclusion; Appendices; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-08891-2

9786612088919

90-04-21308-2

OCLC:

753480442