{"product_id":"new-times-in-modern-japan-9780691128016","title":"New Times in Modern Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Times in Modern Japan\u003c\/i\u003e concerns the transformation of time--the reckoning of time--during Japan's Meiji period, specifically from around 1870 to 1900. Time literally changed as the archipelago synchronized with the Western imperialists' reckoning of time. The solar calendar and clock became standard timekeeping devices, and society adapted to the abstractions inherent in modern notions of time. This set off a cascade of changes that completely reconfigured how humans interacted with each other and with their environment--a process whose analysis carries implications for other non-Western societies as well. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By examining topics ranging from geology, ghosts, childhood, art history, and architecture to nature as a whole, Stefan Tanaka explores how changing conceptions of time destabilized inherited knowledge and practices and ultimately facilitated the reconfiguration of the archipelago's heterogeneous communities into the liberal-capitalist nation-state, Japan. However, this revolutionary transformation--where, in the words of Lewis Mumford, the clock, not the steam engine, is the key mechanism of the industrial age--has received little more than a footnote in the history of Japan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book's innovative focus on time not only shifts attention away from debates about the failure (or success) of modernization toward how individuals interact with the overlay of abstract concepts upon their lives; it also illuminates the roles of history as discourse and as practice in this reconfiguration of society. In doing so, it will influence discussions about modernity well beyond the borders of Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stefan Tanaka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.20w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691128016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStefan Tanaka\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eJapan's Orient: Rendering Pasts into History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40087140827251,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":39.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_73ca3d3a-6d44-42a1-8b10-78da2d7f4240.jpg?v=1652538729","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/new-times-in-modern-japan-9780691128016","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}