Laura Hein is Professor of History at Northwestern University, USA. She is the author of Reasonable Men, Powerful Words: Political Culture and Expertise in 20th Century Japan (2004) and co-editor of Imagination Without Borders: Visual Artist Tomiyama Taeko and Social Responsibility (2010).

What Hein provides for us is a nuanced intellectual history of a part of Japan that had and still has a clear sense of its own identity. By presenting national-level trends in the context of local politics, she makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of recent history outside the Tokyo “bubble,” even if only down the road and easily within commuting distance. We need to hear more about Japan at the local level.

• 1. Introduction: Post-Fascist Political Culture2. Kamakura: The Place3. The Kamakura Akademia and Humanities Education4. Telling Stories in the Museum: The Kamakura Museum of Modern Art5. Urban Administration: Social Science and Democracy6. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Laura Hein is Professor of History at Northwestern University, USA. She is the author of Reasonable Men, Powerful Words: Political Culture and Expertise in 20th Century Japan (2004) and co-editor of Imagination Without Borders: Visual Artist Tomiyama Taeko and Social Responsibility (2010).

What Hein provides for us is a nuanced intellectual history of a part of Japan that had and still has a clear sense of its own identity. By presenting national-level trends in the context of local politics, she makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of recent history outside the Tokyo “bubble,” even if only down the road and easily within commuting distance. We need to hear more about Japan at the local level.

• 1. Introduction: Post-Fascist Political Culture2. Kamakura: The Place3. The Kamakura Akademia and Humanities Education4. Telling Stories in the Museum: The Kamakura Museum of Modern Art5. Urban Administration: Social Science and Democracy6. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Laura Hein is Professor of History at Northwestern University, USA. She is the author of Reasonable Men, Powerful Words: Political Culture and Expertise in 20th Century Japan (2004) and co-editor of Imagination Without Borders: Visual Artist Tomiyama Taeko and Social Responsibility (2010).

What Hein provides for us is a nuanced intellectual history of a part of Japan that had and still has a clear sense of its own identity. By presenting national-level trends in the context of local politics, she makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of recent history outside the Tokyo “bubble,” even if only down the road and easily within commuting distance. We need to hear more about Japan at the local level.

• 1. Introduction: Post-Fascist Political Culture2. Kamakura: The Place3. The Kamakura Akademia and Humanities Education4. Telling Stories in the Museum: The Kamakura Museum of Modern Art5. Urban Administration: Social Science and Democracy6. ConclusionBibliographyIndex