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

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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