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dc.contributor.author	Miranda Marina
dc.title	Foreign Concessions and Western Impact in the Late Qing Period: Historiographical Approaches and Political Interpretations
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	During the last few decades, the historians of the PRC have adopted different interpretative frameworks in analysing the Chinese encounter/clash with the West: from the revolutionary paradigm to the modernisation theory, from the ‘impact‑response’ model to the ‘China‑centred approach’. This essay discusses how Chinese scholars have applied such frameworks in assessing the role of foreign concessions established in the treaty ports during the late Qing period: considered as a sign of the imperialist presence by the early generation of Marxist historians, international settlements have been later re‑evaluated in a more positive light, in the context of a lively historiographical debate regarding their unique role in the modernisation of the country. However, the liveliness of the Chinese academic discussion has recently been suppressed due to the campaign against ‘historical nihilism’ launched by President Xi Jinping, which silenced any representation of modern Chinese history that does not adhere to the Party line.
dc.relation.ispartof	Sinica venetiana
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-10-11
dc.dateAccepted	2022-09-17
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-07-26
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-724-1/foreign-concessions-and-western-impact-in-the-late/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-723-4/002
dc.identifier.issn	2610-9654
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9042
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-724-1
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-723-4
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Chinese historiography
dc.subject	Late Qing period
dc.subject	Lishi xuwuzhuyi 历史虚无主义 (historical nihilism)
dc.subject	Western impact
dc.subject	Zujie 租界 (foreign concessions)

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Foreign Concessions and Western Impact in the Late Qing Period: Historiographical Approaches and Political Interpretations

Marina Miranda Università di Roma Sapienza, Italia

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During the last few decades, the historians of the PRC have adopted different interpretative frameworks in analysing the Chinese encounter/clash with the West: from the revolutionary paradigm to the modernisation theory, from the ‘impact‑response’ model to the ‘China‑centred approach’. This essay discusses how Chinese scholars have applied such frameworks in assessing the role of foreign concessions established in the treaty ports during the late Qing period: considered as a sign of the imperialist presence by the early generation of Marxist historians, international settlements have been later re‑evaluated in a more positive light, in the context of a lively historiographical debate regarding their unique role in the modernisation of the country. However, the liveliness of the Chinese academic discussion has recently been suppressed due to the campaign against ‘historical nihilism’ launched by President Xi Jinping, which silenced any representation of modern Chinese history that does not adhere to the Party line.

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Oct. 11, 2023

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Sept. 17, 2022

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July 26, 2022

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978-88-6969-724-1

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978-88-6969-723-4

Keywords: Lishi xuwuzhuyi 历史虚无主义 (historical nihilism) • Zujie 租界 (foreign concessions) • Chinese historiography • Western impact • Late Qing period

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