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A Malleable Map: Geographies of Restoration in Central Japan, 1600-1912
Kären Wigen
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Paperback. Probes regional cartography, choerography, and statecraft to redefine restoration (ishin) in modern Japanese history. This title argues that both the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600-1868) and the reformers of the Meiji era (1868-1912) recruited the classical map to serve the cause of administrative reform. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 340 pages, 16 color maps, 20 b/w maps, 5 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Karen Wigen probes regional cartography, choerography, and statecraft to redefine restoration (ishin) in modern Japanese history. As developed here, that term designates not the quick coup d'etat of 1868 but a three-centuries-long project of rehabilitating an ancient map for modern purposes. Drawing on a wide range of geographical documents from Shinano (present-day Nagano Prefecture), Wigen argues that both the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600-1868) and the reformers of the Meiji era (1868-1912) recruited the classical map to serve the cause of administrative reform. Nor were they alone; provincial men of letters played an equally critical role in bringing imperial ... Read more
Karen Wigen probes regional cartography, choerography, and statecraft to redefine restoration (ishin) in modern Japanese history. As developed here, that term designates not the quick coup d'etat of 1868 but a three-centuries-long project of rehabilitating an ancient map for modern purposes. Drawing on a wide range of geographical documents from Shinano (present-day Nagano Prefecture), Wigen argues that both the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600-1868) and the reformers of the Meiji era (1868-1912) recruited the classical map to serve the cause of administrative reform. Nor were they alone; provincial men of letters played an equally critical role in bringing imperial ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Series
Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520272767
SKU
V9780520272767
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About Kären Wigen
Karen Wigen is Professor of History at Stanford University. She is the author of The Making of a Japanese Periphery and co-author of The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography, both from UC Press.
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