Nation-Building and Imperialism: Education as a Tool of the Centralized State
Abstract This article examines Japanese history from the Meiji Era to the end of World War II as a case study to illustrate different modalities in which education can be utilized as a tool of the state from establishing national identity to exerting imperial…
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Abstract This article examines Japanese history from the Meiji Era to the end of World War II as a case study to illustrate different modalities in which education can be utilized as a tool of the state from establishing national identity to exerting imperial…
Abstract This article examines Japanese history from the Meiji Era to the end of World War II as a case study to illustrate different modalities in which education can be utilized as a tool of the s…
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