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The Distortion
and the Revision of History
in Postwar Japanese Textbooks,
1945-1998
Tomochika OKAMOTO
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Objectives and Significance
Background of the Study
Research Questions
Methods and Data Sources
[Table 1.] List of Textbooks
to be Analyzed
[Table 2.] Numbers of Changes
of Contents
Period
1: The Era of Postwar Democracy, Defeat to 1956
Period
2: Revision of Nationalism, 1957-1963
Period
3: Reconstruction of Nationalism, 1964-1972
The Start of Trials Brought by Professor
Ienaga
to Protest the Ethnocentric Educational Policy
Period
4: The Peak of Postwar Japanese Nationalism, 1973-1982
Period
5: Dissolution of Nationalism and Development of Internationalism,
1983-1993
Period
6: After 1994: Turning to Transnationalism
Conclusion
The Transformation of History
Textbooks in Postwar Japan
Transnationalism and
Japanese History Education
Notes
Appendix
A: 237 Historical Items Examined for Changes
Books
Cited
Sources of Censoring Opinions on Textbooks by the Ministry of Education
About
the Author
Short Version: Reflexive Historiography in Postwar Japan's World History
Textbooks
Related Topic: Depictions of Japanese Americans
in U. S. Textbooks (Research Materials)
Copyright (C) Tomochika OKAMOTO.
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