Reviews for Geographies of Identity in Nineteenth-Century Japan

The average rating for Geographies of Identity in Nineteenth-Century Japan based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-10-25 00:00:00 Eric Hernandez David Howell looks at the ways in which identity--that is how the Japanese state defined people--changed from the pre-modern Tokugawa Shogunate to the modern Meiji era. I find the idea of "geographies" of identity interesting, although I think he could have elucidated the concept a bit more.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-05-08 00:00:00 Chin Chen Ling I like this new trend of spatial metaphors to think about history. I'm not crazy about "identity" these days, but I do appreciate Howell's emphasis on the institutional dimension of identity.