{"product_id":"9780470673027","title":"Nationalism in Asia A History Since 1945","description":"\u003ch1\u003eNationalism in Asia\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA History Since 1945\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJeff Kingston\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Australia \u0026amp; New Zealand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing a comparative, interdisciplinary approach, \u003ci\u003eNationalism in Asia\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes currents of nationalism in five contemporary Asian societies: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the ways in which nationalism is expressed, embraced, challenged, and resisted in contemporary China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea using a comparative, interdisciplinary approach\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an important trans-national and trans-regional analysis by looking at five countries  that span Northeast, Southeast, and South Asia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures comparative analysis of identity politics, democracy, economic policy, nation branding, sports, shared trauma, memory and culture wars, territorial disputes, national security and minorities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers an accessible, thematic narrative written for non-specialists, including a detailed and up-to-date bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGives readers an in-depth understanding of the ramifications of nationalism in these countries for the future of Asia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Kingston\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies at Temple University Japan Campus. He has written widely on modern Japanese history and Japan's relations with Asia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eJapan in Transformation 1952--2000 \u003c\/i\u003e(2001). \u003ci\u003eJapan's Quiet Transformation: Social Change and Civil Society in the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), and \u003ci\u003eContemporary Japan: History, Politics, and Social Change since the 1980s\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley Blackwell, second edition, 2012). He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eNatural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003eCritical Issues in Contemporary Japan\u003c\/i\u003e (2014).  He was a Fulbright scholar in Indonesia during the mid-1980s and has been traveling around and reporting on Asia since then, often providing commentary to international media on social and political developments in the region and writes a weekly column \"Counterpoint\" for the \u003ci\u003eJapan Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 June 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780470673027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e326\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310763208844,"sku":"9780470673027","price":35.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780470673027_58973007-4f93-493d-a894-891f4780c41c.jpg?v=1780172851","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780470673027","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}