Discovering history in China
Subtitle: American historical writing on the recent Chinese past
By: Paul A. Cohen.
Series: Studies of the East Asian Institute
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780231151924; 9780231151931; 9780231525466
Subjects: Historiography -- United States; China -- History -- 19th century -- Historiography; China -- History -- 20th century -- Historiography
Notes: "2010 reissue"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The problem with "China's response to the West"; title: Moving beyond "Tradition and modernity"; title: Imperialism : reality or myth?; title: Toward a China-centered history of China.