表題番号：2012A-812
日付：2013/02/27
研究課題Lost and Found: Recovering Regional Identity in Imperial Japan
| 研究者所属（当時） | 資格 | 氏名 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| （代表者） | 法学学術院 | 准教授 | 下田 啓 |
- 研究成果概要
- Thanks to the Waseda University Grant for Special Research Projects, I was able to bring my book manuscript, "Lost and Found: Recovering Regional Identity in Imperial Japan," closer to publication. This book examines the history of regionalism and nation-state formation in modern Japan through the example of the Aizu region from the nineteenth into the twentieth centuries. The most important aspect of the grant was in covering the cost of indexing the manuscript, which was one of the final steps toward publication. I was able to hire a professional American indexer who was accustomed to working with English-language manuscripts on Japanese history. Without the help of this specialist, I would have had to spend an inordinate amount of time indexing the manuscript myself. Thus the grant greatly facilitated the production of the manuscript. In addition, the grant provided me with a multi-lingual computing environment that I needed in order to complete the manuscript. The grant also covered the production cost of maps and illustrations, which are helpful additions to the book. The book is scheduled to be released by Harvard University Asia Center in 2013.