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Meiji at 150

Dr. Nick Kapur (Rutgers University-Camden) Kapur, Nick; Grunow, Tristan

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In this episode, Dr. Kapur resituates the 100th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration into the global revolution of 1968, retracing government designs for the ceremony and outlining the opposition of academic historians. We discuss the context of public protest in postwar Japan, popular reactions to shifting geopolitics, and the actions and motivations of student protestors before comparing the making and meaning of the 100th anniversary to the 150th.

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Title
Dr. Nick Kapur (Rutgers University-Camden)
Alternate Title
Meiji at 150 (Podcast). Episode 46
Creator
Kapur, Nick; Grunow, Tristan
Date Issued
2018-07-27
Description
In this episode, Dr. Kapur resituates the 100th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration into the global revolution of 1968, retracing government designs for the ceremony and outlining the opposition of academic historians. We discuss the context of public protest in postwar Japan, popular reactions to shifting geopolitics, and the actions and motivations of student protestors before comparing the making and meaning of the 100th anniversary to the 150th.
Subject
Meiji period, 1868-1912; public protests; student protests
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
10.14288/1.0415939
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81932
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; History, Department of; Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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