History Textbooks and the Wars in Asia: Divided Memories

by Gi-Wook Shin

Book Overview

Over the past fifteen years Northeast Asia has witnessed growing intraregional exchanges and interactions, especially in the realms of culture and economy. Still, the region cannot escape from the burden of history.

This book examines the formation of historical memory in four Northeast Asian societies (China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan) and the United States focusing on the period from the beginning of the Sino-Japanese war in 1931...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041560303X
• ISBN13: 9780415603034
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"