Fifty Years of New China Historiography

Author: Zhang Jianping
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Publish Date: 2003-08-27
Features: Adhering to the principle of recording events as they happened, the author strives to provide relatively objective evaluations of the people and events involved. Unlike previous studies that focused on historiographical trends and thematic research, this paper's arguments are based on the works and writings of historians, emphasizing the critique of the words and deeds of influential historians and their scholarly works.
The book Fifty Years of New China Historiography aims to provide a comprehensive and systematic summary of the development of historiography in New China, particularly Marxist historiography, through the study of its progress over more than 50 years. It seeks to advance further research on New China historiography and contribute to the writing of a history of contemporary Chinese historiography. The author endeavors to dynamically and comprehensively present the development path of Chinese Marxist historiography in the latter half of the 20th century, as well as the basic trends of future Chinese historiography, against the backdrop of the political, economic, and cultural development of New China over the past five decades.