Visions of the past are crucual to the way that any community imagines itself and constructs its identity. This edited volume contains the first significant stu

This book analyses the efforts throughout East Asia to deploy education for purposes of political socialization, and in particular in order to shape notions of

In the decades since her defeat in the Second World War, Japan has continued to loom large in the national imagination of many of her East Asian neighbours. Whi

This book examines both history textbook controversies AND teaching historical controversy in Asian contexts. The different perspectives provided by the book’

This edited book explores the problems and challenges of negotiating the representation of ethnic minorities within history education. It investigates how state