Splendid Monarchy
Subtitle: Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan (Twentieth-Century Japan - the Emergence of a World Power , No 6)
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: February 12, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780520213715
Subjects: Anthropology; Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Ethnic studies; Political structure & processes; Social history; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; History: World; History; History - General History; Japan; Asia - Japan; History / General
First sentence: Today it is not unusual for historians and other historically minded analysts of culture to speak of the relatively recent "invention" of some of our most taken-for-granted customs, practices, symbols, ceremonials, and institutions "Traditional" folk songs, national anthems, flags and costumes, monarchies, and many conventionally accepted practices have come under a new and critical scrutiny.