Japan's Carnival War

Japan's Carnival War
Author: Benjamin Uchiyama
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2019-03-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107186749
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This cultural history of the Japanese home front during the Asia-Pacific War challenges ideas of the period as one of unrelenting repression. Uchiyama demonstrates that 'carnival war' coexisted with the demands of total war to promote consumerist desire alongside sacrifice and fantasy alongside nightmare, helping mobilize the war effort.


Japan's Carnival War
Language: en
Pages: 293

Japan's Carnival War

Authors: Benjamin Uchiyama
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-03-14 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This cultural history of the Japanese home front during the Asia-Pacific War challenges ideas of the period as one of unrelenting repression. Uchiyama demonstra
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Pages: 220

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Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-10-31 - Publisher: Springer

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The Routledge History of the Second World War sums up the latest trends in the scholarship of that conflict, covering a range of major themes and issues. The bo
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Pages: 0

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Categories: History
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