New Times in Modern Japan

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New Times in Modern Japan concerns the transformation of time--the reckoning of time--during Japan''s Meiji period, specifically from around 1870 to 1900. Time literally changed as the archipelago synchronized with the Western imperialists'' reckoning of time. The solar calendar and clock became standard timekeeping devices, and society adapted to the abstractions inherent in modern notions of tim...

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New Times in Modern Japan concerns the transformation of time--the reckoning of time--during Japan''s Meiji period, specifically from around 1870 to 1900. Time literally changed as the archipelago synchronized with the Western imperialists'' reckoning of time. The solar calendar and clock became standard timekeeping devices, and society adapted to the abstractions inherent in modern notions of tim...

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  • Formats: epub
  • ISBN: 9781400826247
  • Publication Date: 9 Feb 2009
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Product language: English
  • Drm Setting: DRM