Description
Focuses on individual lived experiences to trace the development of world-historical studies in China's long twentieth century.
About the Author
Xin Fan is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York at Fredonia.
Reviews
'World history writing has had a strong presence in China throughout the twentieth century, serving as a powerful resource to counter narrow nationalism. As Xin Fan expertly shows, Chinese historians have made important contributions that continue to resonate with the current debate about non-Eurocentric forms of global history.' Sebastian Conrad, Free University Berlin
'In this richly sourced account of the development of world history as a discipline and practice in modern China, Xin Fan looks to scholars throughout the twentieth century who sought to connect foreign pasts to their own present. Not only does it tell an important and overlooked story about the way in which Chinese scholarship has understood its relationship to global others; it also offers vivid illustrations of how world history in general might be (re)understood from the perspective of modern China.' Leigh Jenco, London School of Economics and Political Science
'... This is a useful and gracefully written addition to our knowledge of Chinese historiography ... offers a rich portrait of persons, ideas, and institutions.' Peter Zarrow
Book Information
ISBN 9781108829502
Author Xin Fan
Format Paperback
Page Count 265
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 389g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm