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A path twice traveled : my journey as a historian of China
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Title
A path twice traveled : my journey as a historian of China / Paul A. Cohen.
ISBN
9780674237292
0674237293
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University, 2019.
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
xii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary
"Cohen, one of the West's pre-eminent historians of China, traces the development of his work from its inception in the early 1960s to the present, offering fresh perspectives that consistently challenge readers to think more deeply about China and the historical craft in general"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 21, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Beginnings
Wang Tao: the problem of change in the Late Qing
The next step: discovering history in China
Discovering history in China: the back story
Limits of the China-centered approach
A multiplicity of pasts: history in three keys
History in three keys: research, writing, and publishing history
Between history in three keys and speaking to history: surprise
Developments
The problem of insideness vs. outsideness: speaking to history
The power of story: history and popular memory
Then and now: the two histories.
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