Product Description: "Revolution as Restoration" examines the journal "Guocui xuebao" (1905-1911) to elucidate the momentous political and social changes in early twentieth-century China. Rather than viewing the journal as a collection of documents for studying a thinker (e...read more

Product Description: This book examines forms of Chinese historical production happening outside the mainstream of academic history, through such new measures as the publication of textbooks, the writing of local history, the preservation of archival materials, and government attempts to establish orthodox historical accounts...read more

Product Description: By examining various forms of historical production happening outside the mainstream of academic history in early 2th century China, this book shows how historical writings were central to the Chinese debate on the nation, elite authority, and active citizenry.

Product Description: This book is the first comprehensive study of Yijing (Book of Changes) commentary during the Northern Song period, showing how it reflects a coming to terms with major political and social changes. Seen as a transitional period in China s history, the Northern Song (960 1127) is often described as the midpoint in the Tang-Song transition or as the beginning of Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism...read more