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  • The Dignity of Nations: Equality, Competition, and Honor in East Asian Nationalism
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  • John Fitzgerald ,Sechin Y.S. Chien ,Sechin Y.S. Chien
  • 2006
  • Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
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Contributors to this book argue that everyday struggles for dignity and equality in the states of East Asia provide much of the impetus driving East Asian nationalism. They examine China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, which occupy one of the most volatile regions in the world today.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. iv-v
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. vi-vii
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  1. 1 - Introduction: The Dignity of Nations
  2. pp. 1-22
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  1. 2 - Equality, Hierarchy, and Identity in Modern Japan: Reflections on the Nationalist Ethics of Fukuzawa Vukichi
  2. pp. 23-32
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  1. 3 - Indignity for the Emperor, Equality for the People: Taisho Democracy and the Transition from Nationalism to Ultranationalism in Modern Japan
  2. pp. 33-48
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  1. 4 - Turning Slaves into Citizens: Discourses of Guomin and the Construction of Chinese National Identity in the late Qing Period
  2. pp. 49-70
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  1. 5 - Dignity of the Nation, Gender Equality, or Charity for All? Options for the First Modern Chinese Women
  2. pp. 71-92
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  1. 6 - Nationalism, Democracy, and Dignity in Twentieth-Century China
  2. pp. 93-114
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  1. 7 - Between Heimat and Nation: Japanese Colonial Education and the Origins of "Taiwanese Consciousness"
  2. pp. 115-140
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  1. 8 - Is Taiwan a Nation? On the Current Debate over Taiwanese National Identity and National Recognition
  2. pp. 141-164
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  1. 9 - In God's Image: The Christian, the Individual, and the Nation in Colonial Korea
  2. pp. 165-188
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  1. 10 - Economic Nationalism and Income Distribution in late Industrializing Countries
  2. pp. 189-206
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 207-244
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 245-257
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