| Abstrakt: |
This article reviews Paul Cohen's "Discovering History in China: American Historical Writing on the Recent Chinese Past," which, according to the reviewer, treats various issues fairly and accurately, and provides an excellent critique of American scholarship on China in the post-World War II period. Cohen's treatment of imperialism and Marxist historiography, however, was problematic. The imperialism of one country is not necessarily the imperialism of another. Sympathy toward Marxist views of history of a particular country or area should be seen in the context of political conditions that country or area, according to the reviewer. [ABSTRACT FROM CONTRIBUTOR] |
