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Suh, Yonghee; Yurita, Makito; Lin, Lin; Metzger, Scott – Journal of International Social Studies, 2013
Informed by recurring international controversies, this study explores representations of the Second World War as official history in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean secondary-level textbooks and theorizes about how they influence and function as collective memories about this time period. Using grounded theory, it finds that the examined Japanese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, War, History Instruction, Textbook Content
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Cogan, John J.; Weber, Ronald E. – Social Education, 1983
Because of revisions made in the content of history textbooks, Japan has been accused of attempting to rewrite history as part of a larger conspiracy to brainwash students and to rearm the nation. Discussed are the legal authority of the national government to screen and approve textbooks and international reactions. (RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government