The Politics of Historical Production in Late Qing and Republican China

This anthology, edited by Hon (history, State U. of New York at Geneseo) and Culp (history and Asian studies, Bard College), explores modern Chinese historiographical discourse within its political, social, and cultural contexts through an investigation of the mechanisms that surrounded the production of both popular and educational historical works: the school system, print culture, and the book market. Ten case studies examine the contexts and meanings of histories produced from the late Qing dynasty to the Republican era and the influence of these histories in shaping the Chinese collective memory. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Tze-ki Hon, Ph.D. (1992) in History, University of Chicago, is Associate Professor of History at State University of New York-Geneseo. His research interests cover both pre-modern and modern China. His book, Yijing and the Chinese Politics (SUNY Press, 2005) examines the Yijing commentaries of the Northern Song period. He is an editor of a volume on the May-Fourth New Culture paradigm. Currently, he is completing a book on the Guocui xuebao (1905-1912).Robert J. Culp, Ph.D. (1999) in History, Cornell University, is Assistant Professor of History and Asian Studies at Bard College. His first book is Articulating Citizenship: Civic Education and Student Politics in Southeastern China, 1912–1940 (Cambridge, MA, forthcoming 2007). His current work focuses on publishing and cultural production in early 20th-century China.