Overview
- Systematically traces the development of Chinese historiography from the 2nd century B.C. to the 19th century A.D
- Broadens the horizon of historiography as a discipline by introducing the contribution made by Chinese historians
- Explores new perspectives of historical study in the process of globalization
Part of the book series: China Academic Library (CHINALIBR)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book systematically traces the development of Chinese historiography from the 2nd century B.C. to the 19th century A.D. Refusing to fit the Chinese historical narration into the modern Western discourse, the author highlights the significant questions that concern traditional historians, their philosophical foundations, their development over three thousand years and their influence on the intelligentsia.
China is a country defined in terms of its history and its historians have worked hard to record the past. However, this book approaches Chinese history from the very beginning not only as a way of recording, but also as a way of dealing with the past inorder to orient the people of the present in the temporal dimension of their lives.
This book was listed as the key textbook of the “Eleventh Five-year Plan” for college students in China.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: An Historical Sketch of Chinese Historiography
Authors: Huaiqi Wu
Translated by: Chi Zhen
Series Title: China Academic Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-56253-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Publishing Co., Ltd and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-56252-9Published: 19 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-57258-0Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-56253-6Published: 09 January 2018
Series ISSN: 2195-1853
Series E-ISSN: 2195-1861
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 503
Additional Information: Jointly published with Foreign Language Teaching and Research Publishing Co., Ltd, Beijing, PRC
Topics: History of China, Philosophy of History