The development and use of the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki number among the formative national experiences for both Japanese and Americans as well as for 20th-century Japan-US relations. This volume explores the way in which the bomb has shaped the self-image of both peoples.

Considering the great influence textbooks have as interpreters of history, politics and culture to future generations of citizens, it is no surprise that they generate considerable controversy. Focusing largely on textbook treatment of lingering - and sometimes explosive - tensions originating in World War II, "Censoring History" addresses issues of textbook nationalism in historical and comparative perspective. Discussions include Japan's Comfort Women and the Nanjing Massacre; Nazi genoc...

In late 1945 local Japanese turned their energies toward creating new behaviors and institutions that would give young people better skills to combat repression at home and coercion abroad. They rapidly transformed their political culture-policies, institutions, and public opinion-to create a more equitable, democratic and peaceful society.Post-Fascist Japan explores this phenomenon, focusing on a group of highly educated Japanese based in the city of Kamakura, where the n...

There has been, and continues to be, an explosion of interest in developing new small science centers that is changing the world of museums. This handbook is designed to be a one-stop source for future and current centers, and anyone interested in the important roles these institutions play in their communities. With articles-all written by leaders in field-covering everything from administration, staffing, finance, marketing, exhibit design, and beyond, this comprehensive resource will be...

Politics and the Past offers an original, multidisciplinary exploration of the growing public controversy over reparations for historical injustices. Demonstrating that "reparations politics" has become one of the most important features of international politics in recent years, the authors analyze why this is the case and show that reparations politics can be expected to be a major aspect of international affairs in coming years. In addition to broad theoretical and philosophica...

Exploring contemporary Okinawan culture, politics, and historical memory, this book argues that the long Japanese tradition of defining Okinawa as a subordinate and peripheral part of Japan means that all claims of Okinawan distinctiveness necessarily become part of the larger debate over contemporary identity. The contributors trace the renascence of the debate in the burst of cultural and political expression that has flowered in the past decade, with the rapid growth of local museums an...

Furchterregend! Bemitleidenswert! Niedlich! Monster haben viele Facetten. Manche von ihnen arbeiten in ungeliebten Nebenjobs und andere suchen nach einem Sinn in ihrem Leben. Vielleicht gibt es aber auch Ungeheuerlichkeiten, die einfach nur auf Abenteuer aus sind. Identitätskrisen reichen dem normalen Monsteralltag in dieser Anthologie die Tentakel, jugendliche Monstrositäten verlieben sich und wilde Wesen lauern nachts in Kellern und Schränken. Doch eines haben all diese Monster gemeinsam...

This major new volume presents innovative recent scholarship on Japan's modern history, including its imperial past and transregional entanglements. An international team of leading scholars offer accessible and thought-provoking essays that present an expansive global vision of the archipelago's history from c. 1868 to the twenty-first century. Japan was the first non-Western society to become a modern nation and empire, to industrialize, and to deliver a high standard of living to virtua...

Venedig 1703 – Im städtischen Waisenhaus für Mädchen herrscht Aufregung. Ein neuer Lehrer übernimmt den Unterricht. Er ist Priester, er ist rothaarig und er ist ganz anders als alle anderen vor ihm. Denn er ist ein Genie, er ist: Antonio Vivaldi. Von nun an ändert sich alles im Ospedale della Pietà. Aus einem Haufen kichernder Teenager werden Bühnenstars, das Essen wird besser und die ganze Welt scheint sich plötzlich für das schmuddelige Waisenhaus und seinen "roten Priester" zu interessi...

SCHAURIG-schöne Blüten der NACHTLiterarische Schauer für Ohren und Seele, die die ganze Skala des Gruselns umfassen, vom sanften Schrecken bis zu haarsträubendem Entsetzen. Hier sind sie alle versammelt: Geister, Dämonen, Spukhäuser, Vampire, das Grauen als unentrinnbare Realität, für den Liebhaber klassischer Schauergeschichten – und für den Hörer mit starken Nerven. Dem Sog dieser Raritäten der schwarzen Literatur kann sich in den Lesungen von Rolf Boysen, Sibylle...