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Wu Han, Historian
Son of China's Times
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1955
Summary
This biography spotlights the life of a key Chinese intellectual, Wu Han, well known in China as a major twentieth-century historian and democratic political figure. World attention was drawn to Wu in the mid-1960s as the first of Mao Zedong's targets in the Cultural Revolution. The biography locates Wu in the rapid changes in the social and political environment of his times, from the early years of the twentieth century until his death in prison in 1969. With Wu Han's life as the focus, the narrative deals with the momentous changes in Chinese society and government during the last century. Mazur bases the biographical account on extensive interviewing in China, and penetrates a great deal deeper than the conventional conception of the shift from Nationalist to Communist regimes in the PRC. The complex life of Wu Han is of interest to specialist and non-specialist readers alike, both because of the broad relevance of the historical and political issues he and those around him confronted in the context of the times in China and because of the direct narrative biographical style revealing the conflicts and depth in the human situation. Mazur relates Wu Han's life to the momentous changes and conflicts surging through Chinese society, with special emphasis on the complex role intellectuals have played during the course of change.
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Edition
1/1955
Copyright Year
1955
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-2456-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-3022-3
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
516
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
Chapter 1. A "Rustic" Talent Awakens to His Times No access Pages 15 - 44
Chapter 2. Choosing His Own Road No access Pages 45 - 72
Chapter 3. Commitment to Ming History No access Pages 73 - 116
Chapter 4. Writing the "New History" No access Pages 117 - 154
Chapter 5. Waves from May Fourth No access Pages 155 - 186
Chapter 6. Social History for the Present No access Pages 187 - 230
Chapter 7. Wartime University: From History to Politics No access Pages 231 - 268
Chapter 8. Academics and Activisim No access Pages 269 - 304
Chapter 9. Historian as Radical No access Pages 305 - 336
Chapter 10. Toward a New China: A Decision Made No access Pages 337 - 368
Chapter 11. Founding a New China: Changing a Life No access Pages 369 - 396
Chapter 12. The Last Chapter: From Politics to History No access Pages 397 - 436
Appendix: List of Interviews No access Pages 437 - 440
