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Using the Past to Serve the Present: Historiography and Politics in Contemporary China

Using the Past to Serve the Present: Historiography and Politics in Contemporary China

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An historiographical examination of the political debates of the 1980s over despotism in Chinese history and over Party history. The extent of popular culture and its reinterpretation of history is also assessed, as governmental control of the media has decreased.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780873327480
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
Edition: 1st edition
DEWEY: 951.0072
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 453g
Height: 230mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 15mm

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