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Meiji at 150

Dr. Millie Creighton (University of British Columbia) Creighton, Millie R.; Grunow, Tristan

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In this episode, Dr. Creighton revisits the Meiji Period through the lens of tourism, exploring the way the Restoration is repackaged and resold at local tourist sites from Kagoshima to Kochi today. We discuss the popularity of “historical theme parks” such as Meiji Village and Nikko Edo Village, the UNESCO designation of Meiji-era industrial sites, and the recent boom in TV dramatizations of the Meiji and Showa periods.

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Title	Dr. Millie Creighton (University of British Columbia)
Alternate Title	Meiji at 150 (Podcast). Episode 13
Creator	Creighton, Millie R.; Grunow, Tristan
Date Issued	2018-01-05
Description	In this episode, Dr. Creighton revisits the Meiji Period through the lens of tourism, exploring the way the Restoration is repackaged and resold at local tourist sites from Kagoshima to Kochi today. We discuss the popularity of “historical theme parks” such as Meiji Village and Nikko Edo Village, the UNESCO designation of Meiji-era industrial sites, and the recent boom in TV dramatizations of the Meiji and Showa periods.
Subject	Meiji period, 1868-1912; tourism; historical theme parks
Geographic Location	Japan
Type	Sound
Language	eng
Date Available	2022-07-05
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0415906
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81899
Affiliation	Arts, Faculty of; History, Department of; Anthropology, Department of
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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Creighton_M_Meiji150_Episode_013_2018.mp3 -- 32.63MB

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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International