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1 online resource (xiv, 460 pages) : illustrations

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JSTOR EBA.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Wang Gungwu : the historian in his times / Philip A. Kuhn -- The Fujianese revolutionaries, 1895-1911 / Lee Kam-keung -- Nation, territory and frontier : Chiang Kai-shek's realism in action / So Wai-chor -- The Kuomintang peace mission on the eve of the Communist takeover / Huang Jianli -- The new positioning of Hong Kong after reunification with mainland China / Jane Lee -- A biographical sketch of Liu Xuexun : the controversial and mysterious Guangdong gambling farmer, mandarin-capitalist and secret agent in modern China / Ho Hon-wai -- Illusions of autonomy? Journalism, commerce and the state in republican China / Terry Narramore -- Chinese nationalism and democracy during the war period, 1937-1945 : a critique of the Jiuwang-Qimeng dichotomy / Edmund S.K. Fung -- Negotiating Chinese identity in five dynasties narratives : from the Old history to the New history / Billy K.L. So -- Treaties, politics and the limits of local diplomacy in Fuzhou in the early 1850s / Ng Chin-keong -- On being Chinese / Adrian Chan -- The returned overseas Chinese community in Hong Kong : some observations / James Chin -- Writing the Chinese Canadian diaspora : multiculturalism and Confucian values / Jennifer W. Jay -- Langxian's 'Siege at Yangzhou' : a post-Ming reading / Antonia Finnane -- The slave who would be equal : the significance of Liang Qichao's Australian writings / John Fitzgerald -- Wang Gungwu : an oral history / Lee Guan-kin -- Selected publications (1957-2001) / Wang Gungwu.

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Print version record.

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Summary

This book is a celebration of the life, work, and impact of Professor Wang Gungwu over the past four decades. It commemorates his contribution to the study of Chinese history and the abiding influence he has exercised over later generations of historians, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.

Language

English.

Local Note

JSTOR

Subject

China -- History -- 20th century.

China -- Social conditions.

HISTORY.

HISTORY -- Asia -- China.

Social conditions (OCoLC)fst01919811

China. (OCoLC)fst01206073

Chinezen.

Culturele identiteit.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Electronic books.

History. (OCoLC)fst01411628

Added Author

Wang, Gungwu.

Other Form:

Print version: Power and identity in the Chinese world order. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2003 9789622095908 (DLC) 2004416549 (OCoLC)56834558

ISBN

9789882202511 (electronic bk.)

9882202519 (electronic bk.)

9622095909

9789622095908

1282703862

9781282703865

9786612703867

6612703865

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