Sinica venetiana

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.

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

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 | Numero pagine 216 | Dimensioni 16x23cm | Pubblicato 11 Ottobre 2023 | Accettato 09 Ottobre 2023 | Lingua en

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