Sinica venetiana

The Historian’s Gaze

Essays on Modern and Contemporary China in Honour of Guido Samarani

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open access | peer reviewed
    edited by
  • Laura De Giorgi - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
  • Sofia Graziani - Università degli Studi di Trento, Italia - email

Abstract
This volume brings together a group of historians of modern China and East Asia, who have shared with Guido Samarani the experience of studying China in the last thirty years. It represents a small tribute to a friend and colleague, whose outstanding research activities have greatly increased our understanding of Chinese modern and contemporary history. Inspired by Samarani’s vast and multiple research interests, the essays collected in this volume weave together new interpretations and perspectives on the history and historiography of modern and contemporary China, covering a broad range of periods and topics, from imperial times to the contemporary age.

Keywords Non‑Traditional actors • Post‑Maoist China • Foreign Policy Decision‑Making • Hybrid modernities • Segregation • Chinese identity • World War II • War relief • Sinocentrism • Periodisation • China’s international status • Jinan incident • Minzu (ethnicity and nationality) • Politics mausoleum • Lishi xuwuzhuyi 历史虚无主义 (historical nihilism) • China’s war against Japan • Nanjing government • Nation and state‑building • Western impact • World view • Subjectivity • Chinese historiography • Civil war • Modernity • Twentieth Century China • Unequal treaties • Asahi • Revolutions • New Life Movement • Semiotic • United Nations • Cultural Body • History of modern and contemporary China • Ge Zhaoguang • World War I • Mainichi • Chinese Foreign Policy • CCP • World history • Tanaka cabinet • Zujie 租界 (foreign concessions) • Migration • Huanggutun incident • Wounded soldiers • Youth organizations • New Democratic Youth League • Propaganda • Minority regions • Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Chinese Communist Party • Emotions • Modern citizen • Neo-Confucianism • Sensorial perception • China and the world • Autonomy • Manchuria • Moral intuition • Traditional actors • Global history • Ren Bishi • Late Qing period • Chinese Nationalist Party • League of Nations • Sun Yat‑sen

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-723-4 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-723-4 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-724-1 | Number of pages 216 | Dimensions 16x23cm | Published Oct. 11, 2023 | Accepted Oct. 9, 2023 | Language en

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