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- ISBN: 9780822324188 | 0822324180
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/1/2000
"Through the transmutation of ghosts, Figal brings out one of the central problematics of modern nation-states: what to do about pasts that are simultaneously evidence of backwardness and integral to the make-up of the nation. All scholars interested in Japan, historically and culturally, should read "Civilization and Monsters,""--Stefan Tanaka, University of California, San Diego