Places of Memory in Modern China
Title | Places of Memory in Modern China PDF eBook |
Author | Marc Andre Matten |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2011-12-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004220968 |
In the last decades, the scholarship on issues of national and cultural identity of China has been constantly on the rise. This edited volume aims at addressing these issues by applying Pierre Nora’s approach of places of memory (lieux de mémoire) to the Chinese context. The volume assembles a number of articles that focus on the most significant places of memory in modern and contemporary China, ranging from Qin Shihuang’s Terracotta Warriors to the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. The genesis and nature of these places are discussed in detail by combining approaches of both cultural and historical sciences. In addition, issues of cultural memory and politics are addressed in order to question the ideological construction of these places.
Places of Memory in Modern China
Title | Places of Memory in Modern China PDF eBook |
Author | Marc Andre Matten |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 297 |
Release | 2011-12-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004219013 |
The book offers a new approach to the discussion on the issue of Chinese national identity, providing new insights in how identity is constructed and contested. These issues are of vital concern for the understanding of contemporary China and its national consciousness.
Modern China: A Very Short Introduction
Title | Modern China: A Very Short Introduction PDF eBook |
Author | Rana Mitter |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 2008-02-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0191578797 |
China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, heir to an ancient civilization that is still trying to find a modern identity. This Very Short Introduction offers the reader with no previous knowledge of China a variety of ways to understand the world's most populous nation, giving a short, integrated picture of modern Chinese society, culture, economy, politics and art. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Sites as Media of Memory
Title | Sites as Media of Memory PDF eBook |
Author | Annetta Joan Fotopoulos |
Publisher | |
Pages | 540 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Out of Mao's Shadow
Title | Out of Mao's Shadow PDF eBook |
Author | Philip P. Pan |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 371 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1416537058 |
An inside analysis of modern cultural and political upheavals in China by a fluent Beijing correspondent describes the power struggles currently taking place between the party elite and supporters of democracy, the outcome of which the author predicts will significantly affect China's rise to a world super-power. 125,000 first printing.
The Search for Modern China
Title | The Search for Modern China PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan D. Spence |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 1054 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780393307801 |
In this widely acclaimed history of modern China, Jonathan Spence achieves a fine blend of narrative richness and efficiency. The Search for Modern China offers a matchless introduction to China's history.
Imagining a Postnational World
Title | Imagining a Postnational World PDF eBook |
Author | Marc Andre Matten |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 374 |
Release | 2016-11-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004327150 |
This book analyzes the historical significance of rivaling concepts of world order in 20th century East Asia. Since the arrival of European imperialism in 19th century – coupled with its different schools of political philosophy and international law – China has struggled to combine ideas on national sovereignty, spatiality and hegemony in its quest of either imitating or replacing European norms of world order. By analyzing Chinese visions of regional and international order and comparing them with Japanese proposals of that era, this book discusses in detail the relationship of territoriality and political rule, discourses of amity and enmity, and finally the role of hegemoniality in the process of imagining a possible postnational world in 21st century East Asia and beyond.