The Routledge Companion to East Asian Historiography

Buch | Hardcover

488 Seiten

2025
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-60269-1 (ISBN)

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The Routledge Companion to East Asian Historiography offers a comprehensive exploration of the rich and dynamic traditions of historical writing in East Asia, tracing their evolution across two millennia. Rooted in the influential Chinese historiographical tradition and enriched by the distinctive contributions of Korean and Japanese scholars, the book examines how these practices have adapted to cultural, political, and intellectual shifts.

The volume’s four thematic sections explore the origins and evolution of historical writing, modernity’s transformative impact, and the diverse methodologies shaping contemporary scholarship. Key topics include the establishment of official historiography in imperial China, the innovative practices of the Song dynasty, and the influence of Western ideas and Marxist frameworks from the twentieth century. Emerging areas, such as social, environmental, gender, and global history, are examined, alongside comparative studies bridging East Asian and Western traditions. From ancient chronicles to modern interpretations shaped by nationalism, Marxism, scientism, and globalization, the volume highlights the interplay between tradition and innovation that defines East Asian historical culture.

As the first of its kind, this companion serves as both an essential textbook and a scholarly reference for students and researchers interested in East Asian history, global historiography, social history, intellectual history, and postmodernism.

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.

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 Liu 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

Erscheinungsdatum	16.12.2025
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Companions
Zusatzinfo	6 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	1100 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-032-60269-4 / 1032602694
ISBN-13	978-1-032-60269-1 / 9781032602691
Zustand	Neuware