Kenneth J Ruoff
Biographic Data
| ID | 750609 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth J Ruoff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth J |
| FAMILY NAME | Ruoff |
| SIGNATURE | RUOFF K J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Japan’s Imperial House in the Postwar Era, 1945–2019
Japan's Imperial House in the Postwar Era, 1945-2019
Japanese Tourism to Korea, Circa 1940
In 1940 the Japanese celebrated the 2,600th anniversary of the founding of the imperial dynasty. This history was largely contrived.For example, the supposed first emperor, Jimmu, never existed, and the first 1000 or so years of the 2600-year imperial history is also mythical. But the 2600th anniversary celebrations in 1940 were nonetheless massive and empire-wide
Imperial Japan at Its Zenith
Ruoff uses the anniversary celebrations to examine Japan's invention of a national history; the complex relationship between the homeland and the colonies; the significance of Imperial Japan's challenge to Euro-American claims of racial and cultural superiority; the role of heritage tourism in inspiring national pride; Japan's wartime fascist modernity; and, with a chapter about overseas Japanese, the boundaries of the Japanese nation. Packed wit…
The People's Emperor
In the first full-length English-language study of the in postwar Japan, Kenneth J. Ruoff examines not only its reform during the Occupation (1945-52), but also its evolution in the decades since the Japanese regained the power to shape their and polity. In order to understand the monarchy's function in contemporary Japan, the author analyzes the role of individual emperors in shaping the institution; interpretations of the emperor's new constitu…
The People’s Emperor
Mr. Tomino goes to City Hall
Outraged local citizens have waged an eleven-year struggle to reverse a 1982 decision of the Japanese government to build housing for U.S. Navy personnel in a pristine forest in the city of Zushi. The citizens’ movement swept a young political amateur, Tomino Kiichiro, into the office of mayor. Only forty at the time of his election, Tomino not only attempted to rule for the people throughout his tenure in office, but to reform the administrative…
Japanese Tourism to Korea, Circa 1940
In 1940 the Japanese celebrated the 2,600th anniversary of the founding of the imperial dynasty. This history was largely contrived.For example, the supposed first emperor, Jimmu, never existed, and the first 1000 or so years of the 2600-year imperial history is also mythical. But the 2600th anniversary celebrations in 1940 were nonetheless massive and empire-wide
Mr. Tomino goes to City Hall
Outraged local citizens have waged an eleven-year struggle to reverse a 1982 decision of the Japanese government to build housing for U.S. Navy personnel in a pristine forest in the city of Zushi. The citizens’ movement swept a young political amateur, Tomino Kiichiro, into the office of mayor. Only forty at the time of his election, Tomino not only attempted to rule for the people throughout his tenure in office, but to reform the administrative…
Mr. Tomino goes to City Hall
Outraged local citizens have waged an eleven-year struggle to reverse a 1982 decision of the Japanese government to build housing for U.S. Navy personnel in a pristine forest in the city of Zushi. The citizens’ movement swept a young political amateur, Tomino Kiichiro, into the office of mayor. Only forty at the time of his election, Tomino not only attempted to rule for the people throughout his tenure in office, but to reform the administrative…
The People’s Emperor
The People's Emperor
In the first full-length English-language study of the in postwar Japan, Kenneth J. Ruoff examines not only its reform during the Occupation (1945-52), but also its evolution in the decades since the Japanese regained the power to shape their and polity. In order to understand the monarchy's function in contemporary Japan, the author analyzes the role of individual emperors in shaping the institution; interpretations of the emperor's new constitu…
Imperial Japan at Its Zenith
Ruoff uses the anniversary celebrations to examine Japan's invention of a national history; the complex relationship between the homeland and the colonies; the significance of Imperial Japan's challenge to Euro-American claims of racial and cultural superiority; the role of heritage tourism in inspiring national pride; Japan's wartime fascist modernity; and, with a chapter about overseas Japanese, the boundaries of the Japanese nation. Packed wit…
Japanese Tourism to Korea, Circa 1940
In 1940 the Japanese celebrated the 2,600th anniversary of the founding of the imperial dynasty. This history was largely contrived.For example, the supposed first emperor, Jimmu, never existed, and the first 1000 or so years of the 2600-year imperial history is also mythical. But the 2600th anniversary celebrations in 1940 were nonetheless massive and empire-wide
Japan’s Imperial House in the Postwar Era, 1945–2019
Japan's Imperial House in the Postwar Era, 1945-2019
Ancient history (5 works) · History (5 works) · Japanese History and Culture (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (3 works) · Economic history (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works)