Revolution and History: Origins of Marxist Historiography in China, 1919-1937

· Univ of California Press
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312
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In Revolution and History, Arif Dirlik examines the application of the materialist conception of history to the analysis of Chinese history in a period when Marxist ideas first gained currency in Chinese intellectual circles. His argument raises questions about earlier interpretations of Marxist historiography by scholars who based their opinions primarily on post-1949 writings.


In Revolution and History, Arif Dirlik examines the application of the materialist conception of history to the analysis of Chinese history in a period when Marxist ideas first gained currency in Chinese intellectual circles. His argument raises qu

About the author

Arif Dirlik is Associate Professor of History at Duke University and author of The Origins of Chinese Communism (1989).

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