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Using the Past to Serve the Present

Historiography and Politics in Contemporary China

Jonathan Unger author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc

Published:31st Aug '93

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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.

ISBN: 9780873327480

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

304 pages