New times in modern Japan:
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1. Verfasser: Tanaka, Stefan (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press ©2004
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-217) and index
Time, pasts, history -- Discovery of pasts -- "Nothing is the way it should be" -- Naturalization of nation : essential time -- Naturalization of nation : chronological time -- Socialization of society -- Socialization of nature : museumification
New Times in Modern Japan concerns the transformation of time--the reckoning of time--during Japan's Meiji period, specifically from around 1870 to 1900. Time literally changed as the archipelago synchronized with the Western imperialists' reckoning of time. The solar calendar and clock became standard timekeeping devices, and society adapted to the abstractions inherent in modern notions of time. This set off a cascade of changes that completely reconfigured how humans interacted with each other and with their environment [...]
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ISBN:0691117748
1400826241
9780691128016
9781400826247

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