
Using the Past to Serve the Present
Historiography and Politics in Contemporary China
Jonathan Unger(Author)
M.E. Sharpe (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 31. August 1993
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-87332-747-3 (ISBN)
Description
An historiographical examination of the political debates of the 1980s over despotism in Chinese history and over Party history. The extent of popular culture and its reinterpretation of history is also assessed, as governmental control of the media has decreased.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Armonk
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
596 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87332-747-3 (9780873327473)
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Content
Acknowledgements, Contributors, Introduction, 'The Play's the Thing': Wu Han and Hai Rui Revisited, 'In Guise of a Congratulation': Political Symbolism in Zhou Xinfang's Play Hai Rui Submits His Memorial, The Strange Case of Liu Zhidan, Qu Yuan and the Artists: Ancient Symbols and Modem Politics in the Post-Mao Era, Party Historiography, The Controversy over 'Feudal Despotism': Politics and Historiography in China, 1978-82, 'The Spiritual Heritage of Chinese Capitalism': Recent Trends in the Historiography of Chinese Enterprise Management, Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: Sun Yatsen and the International Development of China, History for the Masses, Index