TY - GEN T1 - The quest for the lost nation : writing history in Germany and Japan in the American century T2 - California world history library ; A1 - Conrad, Sebastian LA - English LA - German PP - Berkeley PB - University of California Press YR - 2010 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1298206719 AB - Highly praised when published in Germany, The Quest for the Lost Nation is a brilliant chronicle of Germany's and Japan's struggles to reclaim a defeated national past. Sebastian Conrad compares the ways German and Japanese scholars revised national history after World War II in the shadows of fascism, surrender, and American occupation. Defeat in 1945 marked the death of the national past in both countries, yet, as Conrad proves, historians did not abandon national perspectives during reconstruction. Quite the opposite--the nation remained hidden at the center of texts as scholars tried to mak. OP - 392 CN - DD86 SN - 9780520945814 SN - 0520945816 SN - 1282697706 SN - 9781282697706 SN - 9780520259447 (cloth : alk. paper) SN - 0520259440 (cloth : alk. paper) KW - Germany : Historiography. KW - Japan : Historiography. KW - Historiography : Germany : History : 20th century. KW - Historiography : Japan : History : 20th century. KW - World War, 1939-1945 : Influence. KW - World War, 1939-1945 : Social aspects : Germany. KW - World War, 1939-1945 : Social aspects : Japan. KW - Cold War : Social aspects : Germany. KW - Cold War : Social aspects : Japan. KW - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 : Influence. KW - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 : Aspect social : Allemagne. KW - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 : Aspect social : Japon. KW - Guerre froide : Aspect social : Allemagne. KW - Guerre froide : Aspect social : Japon. KW - Historiographie : Allemagne : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Historiographie : Japon : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - HISTORY. KW - HISTORY : Asia : General. KW - Historiography KW - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) KW - Social aspects KW - Germany KW - Japan KW - 1900 - 1999 KW - History ER -