Szonyi M. (ed.) A Companion to Chinese History

Wiley-Blackwell, 2017. — 480 pp. — (Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History). — ISBN: 978-1-118-62460-9.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.Introduction (Michael Szonyi).
States of the Field.
How Do We Know What We Know about Chinese History? (Endymion Wilkinson).
Chinese History in China: The State of the Field (1980s–2010s) (May‐bo Ching).
Chinese History in Japan: The State of the Field (Shiba Yoshinobu).
Chinese History in Europe: The State of the Field (Harriet Zurndorfer).
Chinese History in the Era of the China Dream (Geremie R. Barmé and Michael Szonyi).
Chinese History in World History (Gregory Blue).
Chronologies.
Early China in Eurasian History (Michael Puett).
Was Medieval China Medieval? (Post‐Han to Mid‐Tang) (Charles Holcombe).
A Tang–Song Turning Point (Nicolas Tackett).
Periods of Non-Han Rule (Michal Biran).
Song to Qing: Late Imperial or Early Modern? (R. Kent Guy).
Nineteenth‐Century China: The Evolution of American Historical Approaches (Paul A. Cohen).
Republican History (Janet Y. Chen).
Rethinking the History of Maoist China (S.A. Smith).
The Reform Era as History (Timothy Cheek).
Themes and Approaches.
Women, Gender, the Family, and Sexuality (Weijing Lu).
History of Premodern Chinese Literature (Graham Sanders).
Modern Chinese Literature (David Der‐wei Wang).
The Environmental History of China: Past, Present, and Future (Peter C. Perdue).
Science, Technology, and Medicine (Carla Nappi).
Legal History (William P. Alford and Eric T. Schluessel).
Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Identity in the Study of Modern China (Thomas S. Mullaney).
The Religious Core of Local Social Organization (Barend J. ter Haar).
Beyond the Great Divergence: Current Scholarship on the Economic History of Premodern China (Richard von Glahn).
Taiwan: Margin, Center, Node (Shelley Rigger).
Chinese Migrations (Henry S.N. Yu).
China in the World: Beyond the Tribute System (John E. Wills, Jr.).