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Author:   Q. Edward Wang
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
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9781032602691

ISBN 10:   1032602694
Pages:   488
Publication Date:   19 December 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

List of Contributors Acknowledgements Comparative Chronology of East Asia General Introduction Q. Edward Wang Part I Traditions and Variations Introduction 1. Sima Qian and the Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian): Historicism under the Early Han Empire Vincent S. Leung 2. The Writing of Histories under the Tang (618-907) and Li Zhiji’s Critical Historiography Victor Cunrui Xiong 3. Historiography of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) Tsong-han Lee 4. The Origin, Development, and Characteristics of Ancient Korean Historiography Sun Weiguo and Wu Dongming 5. National Histories and Historical Practices in Premodern Japan Sato Yuki Part II Modern Transformations Introduction 6. Finding a Path to Modernity: Historical Discourses in China, 1895-1949 Tze-ki Hon 7. Modern and Contemporary Japanese Historiography: An Analysis from the Perspective of Tripartite Rivalry Narita Ryūichi 8. The Establishment of Modern Historiography in Korea Do Myounhoi 9. Chinese Revolutions and the Ebb and Flow of Marxist Historiography Q. Edward Wang 10. Continuity and Change in the Historiography of Contemporary Japan: Nation-State and Progressivism (1945-present) Odanaka Naoki 11. Post-1945 South Korean Historiography: A Tapestry of Turbulence and Transformation An Sooyoung Part III Asia and the World Introduction 12. The Study of Ancient Greek Historiography in the Twenty-First Century Lyu Houliang 13. Chinese Scholarship on Feudalism and Medieval Studies Li Longguo 14. The Rise and Transformation of World History in China Xin Fan 15. Chinese Studies of Western Historiography Zhang Yibo 16. Writing American History: Politics, Problems and Prospect (2003-24) Sun Hongzhe 17. From Elite Politics to Grassroots Politics: Studies on the Social History of the PRC Hanchao Lu Part IV New Advances Introduction 18. Historiography of Chinese Gender Bret Hinsch 19. Ming-Qing Historiography in the PRC, Taiwan and Japan since 1949 Puk Wing Kin 20. The Historiography of the Opium War: An International Perspective (2000-2024) Tu Hanzhang 21. Postwar Japanese Diplomacy: An Analysis of Historiographical Developments in Japan Aono Toshihiko and Fujita Goro 22. The Nation and Beyond: Writing National History in China Zhang Xupeng 23. Current and Future Horizons of Chinese Environmental History Fei Sheng and James Beattie Glossary and Index

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“This corpulent volume duly informs us that the past, in its unmediated state, is often not a matter of mere nostalgia and bathos. It is history, an intellectual endeavor requiring evidence, inventiveness, and empathy, that renders the past intelligible as true insight into the cultural bequest that we owe to our forebears. The Routledge Companion to East Asian Historiography promises to serve as our companionable guide to the multifarious ways in which East Asian historians throughout the ages have confected desiderata from the amorphous pasts into meaningful narratives about the processes and values of human lives.” - On-Cho Ng, Penn State University “This is a valuable contribution to the field that fills a massive hole in our historiographical knowledge.” - Peter Lorge, Vanderbilt University

“This corpulent volume duly informs us that the past, in its unmediated state, is often a matter of mere nostalgia and bathos. It is history, an intellectual endeavor requiring evidence, inventiveness, and empathy, that renders the past intelligible as true insight into the cultural bequest that we owe to our forebears. The Routledge Companion to East Asian Historiography promises to serve as our companionable guide to the multifarious ways in which East Asian historians throughout the ages have confected desiderata from the amorphous pasts into meaningful narratives about the processes and values of human lives.” - On-Cho Ng, Penn State University “This is a valuable contribution to the field that fills a massive hole in our historiographical knowledge.” - Peter Lorge, Vanderbilt University

Author Information

Q. Edward Wang is inaugural Eminent Professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Rowan University and Editor of Chinese Studies in History. He has published widely in both English and Chinese on comparative historiography, global history, and Asian cultural and intellectual history. Amongst his English publications are: A Global History of Modern Historiography, Chopsticks: A Cultural and Culinary History, Historiography: Critical Readings (four volumes), and Western Historiography in Asia: Circulation, Critique and Comparison.

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