Klaus Mühlhahn

Klaus Mühlhahn situates modern China in the nation's long, dynamic tradition of overcoming adversity and weakness through creative adaptation--a legacy of crisis and recovery that is apparent today in China's triumphs but also in its most worrisome trends. Mühlhahn's panoramic survey rewrites the history of modern China for a new generation.

From the Great Qing to XI Jinping

Making China Modern

Timothy Cheek

Hans van de Ven

A mosaic of lives and voices illustrating the history of the Chinese Communist Party over the last hundred years.

A Century in Ten Lives

The Chinese Communist Party

Alain Patrice Nganang

Nina Berman

"German Colonialism Revisited brings together military historians, art historians, literary scholars, cultural theorists, and linguists to address a range of issues surrounding colonized African, Asian, and Oceanic people's creative reactions to and interactions with German colonialism. This scholarship sheds new light on local power dynamics; agency; and economic, cultural, and social networks that preceded and, as some now argue, ultimately structured German colonial rule. Going beyond issues of resistance, these essays present colonialism as a shared event from which both the colonized and the colonizers emerged changed. They contribute to current debates on transnational and intercultural processes and highlight the ways in which the legacy of the German colonial period is embedded in the global expansion of capitalism, technology, and the Western legal framework"--

African, Asian, and Oceanic experiences

German colonialism revisited

Ten engaging personal histories introduce readers to what it was like to live in and with the most powerful political machine ever created: the Chinese Communist Party. Detailing the life of ten people who led or engaged with the Chinese Communist Party, one each for one of its ten decades of its existence, these essays reflect on the Party's relentless pursuit of power and extraordinary adaptability through the transformative decades since 1921. Demonstrating that the history of the Chinese Communist Party is not one story but many stories, readers learn about paths not taken, the role of chance, ideas and persons silenced, hopes both lost and fulfilled. This vivid mosaic of lives and voices draws together one hundred years of modern Chinese history - and illuminates possible paths for China's future.

“Chronicles reforms, revolutions, and wars through the lens of institutions, often rebutting Western impressions...[And] warns against thinking of China’s economic success as proof of a unique path without contextualizing it in historical specifics.” —New Yorker “This thoughtful, probing interpretation is a worthy successor to the famous histories of Fairbank and Spence and will be read by all students and scholars of modern China.” —William C. Kirby, coauthor of Can China Lead? It is tempting to attribute the rise of China’s to recent changes in political leadership and economic policy. But China has had a long history of creative adaptation and it would be a mistake to think that its current trajectory began with Deng Xiaoping. In the mid-eighteenth century, when the Qing Empire reached the height of its power, China dominated a third of the world’s population. Then, as the Opium Wars threatened the nation’s sovereignty and the Taiping Rebellion ripped the country apart, China found itself verging on free fall. In the twentieth century China managed a surprising recovery, rapidly undergoing profound economic and social change, buttressed by technological progress. A dynamic story of crisis and recovery, failures and triumphs, Making China Modern explores the versatility and resourcefulness that has guaranteed China’s survival in the past, and is now fueling its future.

From the Great Qing to Xi Jinping

Julia Haes

Von 1841 bis heute

Hongkong: Umkämpfte Metropole

In einzigartiger Weise bewegt sich die Geschichte der Volksrepublik China in einem Spannungsfeld zwischen Kommunismus, Kapitalismus und Tradition. Dabei hat das Land einen rasanten Aufstieg vom kommunistischen Entwicklungsland zur einer der größten globalen Wirtschaftsmächte durchlaufen. Das Lehrbuch bietet einen anschaulichen, leicht verständlichen Überblick über die wechselhafte Geschichte Chinas von 1949 bis zur Gegenwart, führt in die Forschungsdebatten zur Innen- und Außenpolitik sowie zur Entwicklung von Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Kultur ein und enthält eine ausführliche Bibliographie.

Die Volksrepublik China

This edited volume explores social, economic, political, and cultural practices generated by African, Asian, and Oceanic individuals and groups within the context and aftermath of German colonialism. The volume contributes to current debates on transnational and intercultural processes while highlighting the ways in which the colonial period is embedded in larger processes of globalization.

The Cultural Legacy of German Colonial Rule

Selbst elementare Kenntnisse der Geschichte Chinas sind hierzulande noch immer Mangelware. Klaus Mühlhahn beschreibt in seiner umfassenden Darstellung, wie sehr das Land auf seinem Weg von der gedemütigten Halbkolonie zur globalen Supermacht unserer Tage von der eigenen Vergangenheit geprägt wurde. Denn Chinas holpriger Weg in die Moderne ist nicht nur als eine Aufholjagd gegenüber dem Westen zu verstehen, sondern als ein großes Ringen um eine eigenständige chinesische Moderne. Wer Chinas phänomenalen Aufstieg, seine Widersprüche und Gegensätze begreifen will, der kommt an diesem grundlegenden Werk nicht vorbei. Chinas Geschichte seit dem späten 17. Jahrhundert ist durchzogen von Krisen, Reformen, Revolutionen und Kriegen. Zugleich aber hat das Land stets eine hohe Widerstandsfähigkeit und Beharrlichkeit bewiesen. Selbst im "Jahrhundert der Erniedrigung", als europäische Kolonialmächte das Sagen hatten, konnte es eine halbsouveräne Stellung behaupten. Klaus Mühlhahn schildert in seinem großen Buch auf dem neuesten Stand der Forschung Chinas Geschichte von der Qing-Dynastie bis zu Xi Jinping und nimmt dabei von der Politik über die Gesellschaft bis zur Wirtschaft und Umwelt alle Felder detailliert in den Blick. Der Schlüssel seiner Interpretation sind die chinesischen Institutionen, die seit Konfuzius über alle Regime und Machthaber hinweg auf die jeweiligen Umstände reagiert und sie zugleich mit ihrem enormen Reichtum an Ideen und Modellen bis in die heutige Gegenwart mitgestaltet haben.

Von der Qing-Dynastie bis zur Gegenwart

Geschichte des modernen China

Nathalie van Looy

The popularity of Confucianism is on the rise, not only in China, but also internationally. Confucian values are praised as the (universal) way, especially in the face of current political, social, and economic crises. The philosopher's legacy has now endured for over 2,500 years, and Confucian ideas have gained recognition as an Eastern alternative to Western concepts. This return to China's very own tradition and values can be seen as symbolizing China's new self-confidence. This volume focuses on the resurgence of Confucianism in order to examine the role played by Confucian ideas in the present and the past, as well as the potential future form of a new Confucian culture. The articles range from the perception of Confucianism in Europe at the time of the Enlightenment to Neo-Confucian debates and approaches. (Series: Chinese History and Society - Berliner China-Hefte - Vol. 41)

The Globalization of Confucius and Confucianism

Clemens von Haselberg

Since 1978, the changes brought on by China's reforms have had an inevitable and significant impact on the development of literature, the arts, and the whole spectrum of culture. As well, contemporary Chinese films have reflected this transition towards commercialization and internationalization, which has included constant changes in cultural policies and the economic conditions for film production. The articles in this collection argue that contemporary Chinese films display a profound shift in identity construction. They explore Chinese identities related to class, nation, and gender, and they highlight aspects of individual identity. All of these are marked by contradiction, tension, multiple versions, changes over time, and other evidence of contingency and construction. The book draws attention to uncertain and unpredictable qualities of "Chineseness" which are often torn between past and present, but are also increasingly comprised of local, national, and global elements. (Series: Chinese History and Society / Berliner China-Hefte - Vol. 40)

Chinese Identities on Screen

New Perspectives on Imperialism in Modern China

The Limits of Empire

William C. Kirby

Mechthild Leutner

This volume deals with the integration of modern China into processes of global exchange and cross-border interaction. The articles explore the broader theme in different ways and in different subfields, ranging from the history of political ideas to the history of institutions, from global migration of people to the transmigration of academic discourses. Focusing on modern as well as contemporary periods, the studies demonstrate that China in the course of the twentieth century became an ever more important nodal point in a complex set of worldwide networks and engagements. The integration into global networks, together with the global consciousness that corresponded with it, made possible significant connections transcending national borders. The essays also show that the effects could be homogenizing (or globalizing), but at the same time the growing interactions also produced opposition and fragmentation.

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