A Companion to Chinese History

Author:   Michael Szonyi
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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9781119322016


Pages:   560
Publication Date:   15 February 2024
Format:   Paperback
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A Companion to Chinese History presents a collection of essays offering a comprehensive overview of the latest intellectual developments in the study of China’s history from the ancient past up until the present day. Covers the major trends in the study of Chinese history from antiquity to the present day Considers the latest scholarship of historians working in China and around the world Explores a variety of long-range questions and themes which serves to bridge the conventional divide between China’s traditional and modern eras Addresses China’s connections with other nations and regions and enables non-specialists to make comparisons with their own fields Features discussion of traditional topics and chronological approaches as well as newer themes such as Chinese history in relation to sexuality, national identity, and the environment

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Author:   Michael Szonyi
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN:  

9781119322016


ISBN 10:   1119322014
Pages:   560
Publication Date:   15 February 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Notes on Contributors x Acknowledgments xv 1 Introduction 1 Michael Szonyi Part I States of the Field 9 2 How Do We Know What We Know about Chinese History? 11 Endymion Wilkinson 3 Chinese History in China: The State of the Field (1980s–2010s) 28 May]bo Ching 4 Chinese History in Japan: The State of the Field 44 Shiba Yoshinobu 5 Chinese History in Europe: The State of the Field 53 Harriet Zurndorfer 6 Chinese History in the Era of the China Dream 64 Geremie R. Barmé and Michael Szonyi 7 Chinese History in World History 71 Gregory Blue Part II Chronologies 87 8 Early China in Eurasian History 89 Michael Puett 9 Was Medieval China Medieval? (Post]Han to Mid]Tang) 106 Charles Holcombe 10 A Tang–Song Turning Point 118 Nicolas Tackett 11 Periods of Non-Han Rule 129 Michal Biran 12 Song to Qing: Late Imperial or Early Modern? 143 R. Kent Guy 13 Nineteenth]Century China: The Evolution of American Historical Approaches 154 Paul A. Cohen 14 Republican History 168 Janet Y. Chen 15 Rethinking the History of Maoist China 179 S.A. Smith 16 The Reform Era as History 191 Timothy Cheek Part III Themes and Approaches 205 17 Women, Gender, the Family, and Sexuality 207 Weijing Lu 18 History of Premodern Chinese Literature 221 Graham Sanders 19 Modern Chinese Literature 235 David Der]wei Wang 20 The Environmental History of China: Past, Present, and Future 252 Peter C. Perdue 21 Science, Technology, and Medicine 265 Carla Nappi 22 Legal History 277 William P. Alford and Eric T. Schluessel 23 Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Identity in the Study of Modern China 290 Thomas S. Mullaney 24 The Religious Core of Local Social Organization 304 Barend J. ter Haar 25 Beyond the Great Divergence: Current Scholarship on the Economic History of Premodern China 315 Richard von Glahn 26 Taiwan: Margin, Center, Node 327 Shelley Rigger 27 Chinese Migrations 343 Henry S.N. Yu 28 China in the World: Beyond the Tribute System 360 John E. Wills, Jr. Glossary of Selected Terms 372 References 378 Index 437

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Michael Szonyi is Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University. He is the author of Practicing Kinship: Lineage and Descent in Late Imperial China (2002), Cold War Island: Quemoy on the Front Line (2008; Chinese edition 2016), and the forthcoming Everyday Politics in Late Imperial China: Soldiers and their families in the Ming dynasty.

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