A Companion to Chinese History

A Companion to Chinese History presents a collection of essays offering a comprehensive overview of the latest intellectual developments in the study of China s history from the ancient past up until the present day. Covers the major trends in the study of Chinese history from antiquity to the present day Considers the latest scholarship of historians working in China and around the world Explores a variety of long-range questions and themes which serves to bridge the conventional divide between China s traditional and modern eras Addresses China s connections with other nations and regions and enables non-specialists to make comparisons with their own fields Features discussion of traditional topics and chronological approaches as well as newer themes such as Chinese history in relation to sexuality, national identity, and the environment

A Companion to Chinese History presents a collection of essays offering a comprehensive overview of the latest intellectual developments in the study of China's history from the ancient past up until the present day.* Covers the major trends in the study of Chinese history from antiquity to the present day* Considers the latest scholarship of historians working in China and around the world* Explores a variety of long-range questions and themes which serves to bridge the conventional divide between China's traditional and modern eras* Addresses China's connections with other nations and regions and enables non-specialists to make comparisons with their own fields* Features discussion of traditional topics and chronological approaches as well as newer themes such as Chinese history in relation to sexuality, national identity, and the environment

Notes on Contributors xAcknowledgments xv1 Introduction 1Michael SzonyiPart I States of the Field 92 How Do We Know What We Know about Chinese History? 11Endymion Wilkinson3 Chinese History in China: The State of the Field (1980s-2010s) 28May?]bo Ching4 Chinese History in Japan: The State of the Field 44Shiba Yoshinobu5 Chinese History in Europe: The State of the Field 53Harriet Zurndorfer6 Chinese History in the Era of the China Dream 64Geremie R. Barmé and Michael Szonyi7 Chinese History in World History 71Gregory BluePart II Chronologies 878 Early China in Eurasian History 89Michael Puett9 Was Medieval China Medieval? (Post?]Han to Mid?]Tang) 106Charles Holcombe10 A Tang-Song Turning Point 118Nicolas Tackett11 Periods of Non-Han Rule 129Michal Biran12 Song to Qing: Late Imperial or Early Modern? 143R. Kent Guy13 Nineteenth?]Century China: The Evolution of American Historical Approaches 154Paul A. Cohen14 Republican History 168Janet Y. Chen15 Rethinking the History of Maoist China 179S.A. Smith16 The Reform Era as History 191Timothy CheekPart III Themes and Approaches 20517 Women, Gender, the Family, and Sexuality 207Weijing Lu18 History of Premodern Chinese Literature 221Graham Sanders19 Modern Chinese Literature 235David Der?]wei Wang20 The Environmental History of China: Past, Present, and Future 252Peter C. Perdue21 Science, Technology, and Medicine 265Carla Nappi22 Legal History 277William P. Alford and Eric T. Schluessel23 Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Identity in the Study of Modern China 290Thomas S. Mullaney24 The Religious Core of Local Social Organization 304Barend J. ter Haar25 Beyond the Great Divergence: Current Scholarship on the Economic History of Premodern China 315Richard von Glahn26 Taiwan: Margin, Center, Node 327Shelley Rigger27 Chinese Migrations 343Henry S.N. Yu28 China in the World: Beyond the Tribute System 360John E. Wills, Jr.Glossary of Selected Terms 372References 378Index 437