History and Archaeology, History, Theory and Methods, Historiography
Using the Past to Serve the Present: Historiography and Politics in Contemporary China

Using the Past to Serve the Present: Historiography and Politics in Contemporary China

Hardback Published on: 27/05/1993
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Synopsis

An historiographical examination of the political debates of the 1980s over despotism in Chinese history and over Party history. The extent of popular culture and its reinterpretation of history is also assessed, as governmental control of the media has decreased.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISBN: 9780873327473
  • Number of pages: 292
  • Dimensions: 230 x 165 x 25 mm
  • Weight: 635g
  • Languages: English