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

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

Thema codes NHF • NHA • 1FPC • 3MP

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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