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