World History and National Identity in China

ISBN-13: 9781108829502 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 265 str.

Xin Fan

Opis

Focuses on individual lived experiences to trace the development of world-historical studies in China's long twentieth century.

Recenzje

'This book is a highly intriguing study on the history of world history writing in modern China. It is a long-awaited addendum to the field, moving away from a Eurocentric perspective and excavating the contributions of Chinese historians … I recommend the book for a broad readership. Its eloquent style and detailed annotations make it a welcome addition to the canon in Chinese studies, among comparative historians, and in historiography.' Marc Andre Matten, The China Journal

Spis treści

List of Figures and Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: Control and Resistance: The Social Production of World History under the Influence of Radical Politics; 1. The Confucian Legacy: World-Historical Writing at the Turn of the Twentieth Century; 2. The Cultural Destiny: Nationalism and World History in Republican China; 3. Becoming the “World”: World Historians in the Early People's Republic; 4. The Forced Analogy: Control, Resistance, and World History in the 1950s; 5. Imagining Global Antiquity: Continuity, Transformation, and Word History in Post-Mao China; Conclusion: World History and the Value of the Past; List of Characters; Bibliography; Index