Seeing History: Public History in China

by Na Li

When public history was imported from the United States to China around the turn of the twenty-first century, it was introduced as a sub-field within history, and has developed along that path ever since. Professional historians in China, even some forward-looking ones, see public history as merely presenting a change in the patterns of participation in history-making. This book offers a sharply different view.

It contends, essentially,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110996189
• ISBN13: 9783110996180
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: de Gruyter Oldenbourg
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"