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