Alternative Representations of the Past: The Politics of History in Modern China 9783110676136, 9783110662153

Alternative Representations of the Past: The Politics of History in Modern China 9783110676136, 9783110662153

The relationship between the Chinese nation and its recent past has been fraught with contradictions and tensions. This

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History and Belonging: Representations of the Past in Contemporary European Politics [1 ed.] 9781785338816, 9781785338809

In cultural and intellectual terms, one of the EU's most important objectives in pursuing unification has been to d

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Cultivating the Past, Living the Modern: The Politics of Time in the Sultanate of Oman 9781501758621

As the national narrative conditions the way people ethically work on themselves through evoking forms of heritage, it g

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The Precious Raft of History: The Past, the West, and the Woman Question in China 9781503626461

This book reveals and interprets the rich diversity of turn-of-the-twentieth-century Chinese approaches to their own pas

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Mirroring the Past: The Writing and Use of History in Imperial China 9780824843205

China is known for its deep veneration of history. Far more than a record of the past, history to the Chinese is the mag

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Ukraine and Russia: Representations of the Past 9781442689534

This book makes important assertions not only about the conflicts and negotiations inherent to opposing historiographic

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Representations of the Grail Quest in Medieval and Modern Literature

This thesis explores the representation and meaning of the Grail quest in medieval and modern literature, using the meth

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The Hand of the Past in Contemporary Southern Politics 9780300132991

A central story of contemporary southern politics is the emergence of Republican majorities in the region’s congressiona

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Representations of Power: The Literary Politics of Medieval Japan 9780824841911

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The Work of History: Constructivism and a Politics of the Past 1315521598, 9781315521596

Since the appearance of Hayden White’s seminal work Metahistory in 1973, constructivist thought has been a key force wit

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