Front Matter
Dresner, Jonathan pp. i-2
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The Diverse Japanese: Local History's Challenge to National Narratives in the Nineteenth Century: An Introduction
Dresner, Jonathan pp. 2-4
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Community and Conflict in Nineteenth-Century Japan: A Re-consideration
Pratt, Edward pp. 5-13
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Lost in History: Aizu and the Meiji Restoration
Van Sant, John E. pp. 14-19
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Meiji Education and the Uses of Local History
Platt, Brian pp. 20-27
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Sacred Sites and the Dynamics of Identity
Thal, Sarah pp. 28-37
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Local History's Challenge to National Narratives
Brown, Philip C. pp. 38-48
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Book Introduction: Questioning Edo as a Free-Sex Paradise
Marceau, Lawrence E. pp. 48-49
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Complete Issue
Dresner, Jonathan pp. i49
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