E.H. Norman

[bafooz]

John W. Dower, "E.H. Norman, Japan and the Uses of History," in Origins of the Modern Japanese State: Selected Writings of E.H. Norman, John W. Dower, ed. (New York: Pantheon Books, 1975)

It is worthwhile to dwell briefly on Norman's view of history, partly because that view was subtle, whereas recent characterizations of his discipline by

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[averagesmartguy]

John W. Dower is so the man.

[bafooz]

I didn't finish his introduction to Norman's writing (too busy wanting to gouge my eyes out over The Agrarian Origins of Modern Japan - I just thought that quote from Norman was fantastic. Well, the whole paragraph, really. :)