Excerpt from &lt;em&gt;American Studies in China&lt;/em&gt; – “Part IV. Thirty Years of Research in American History in China”
Journal: Journal of Transnational American Studies
Year: 2011

American history research is a relatively young discipline in China. Although in practice Chinese studies of American history began rather early, in the first half of the twentieth century, at that time most publications in American history were edited or translated works. After 1949, Chinese academic historians began to place greater importance on studying foreign historians, and a number of compilations on American history were published. Since 1978, with the implementation of the reform and o