Places of Memory in Modern China - History, Politics, and Identity

The book offers a new approach to the discussion on the issue of Chinese national identity, providing new insights in how identity is constructed and contested. These issues are of vital concern for the understanding of contemporary China and its national consciousness.

About the author

Marc Andre Matten (Ph.D. 2007, University of Bonn, Germany) is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Chinese History at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. He has published extensively on the issues of Chinese nationalism and national identity, including The Borders of Being Chinese - On the Creation of National Identity in 20th century China (German, Harrassowitz, 2009).

Product details

• Assisted by: Marc Andre Matten (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.12.2013
• EAN: 9789004269248
• ISBN: 978-90-04-26924-8
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 231 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Series: Leiden Comparative Historiogra
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)