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

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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