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Book Announcement: Like No Other: Exceptionalism and Nativism in Early Modern Japan

Posted on November 1, 2015 by LM

Via University of Hawai’i Press. Like No Other: Exceptionalism and Nativism in Early Modern Japan Author: McNally, Mark Thomas; 344pp. November 2015 Cloth – Price: $67.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-5284-9 Like No Other: Exceptionalism and Nativism in Early Modern Japan probes the … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Kokugaku in Meiji-period Japan: The Modern Transformation of ‘National Learning’ and the Formation of Scholarly Societies

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Paula

Leiden, Boston: Global Oriental, 2012 (313 p.) Kokugaku in Meiji-period Japan offers a new perspective on scholarly networks and the foundations of modern Japan. Utilizing never-explored original sources and with a unique focus on the persons involved, Michael Wachutka elucidates how kokugaku … Continue reading →

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