Transnational History in China : Current Debates and Case Studies in Translation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matten, Marc Andre.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transnationalism.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1316 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Basel/Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2026.

Summary:

This anthology with annotated translations of 34 texts of Chinese and Taiwanese historians introduces contemporary debates on transnational and global history in both countries.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Contents

Technical Remarks

Translation in Transnational History 國史中之翻

Hermeneutics of Translation

Entangling Chinese History

Choosing Texts for Translation

Section 1: Conceptual History 概念史

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Overview of the Field

Agency and Resistance in Translation

The Saddle Period in Modern China

The Current Status of Conceptual History in China and Taiwan

The Authors and Their Academic Work

Catholicism and Protestantism in the Late Qing Dynasty - A Conceptual History

The Debate over Tianzhujiao: Shifts in Meaning

The Conceptual Battle Between the Two Religions over "Orthodoxy"

"Protestantism Emerged, and Catholicism Was Defeated": The Rise of an Idea

Postscript

The Conceptual History of "Colony": From New Term to Keyword

Preface

The First Use of "Colonial" and "Colony": The Birth of a New Word

"Colonizing" and "Colony" as Normative Vocabulary

From "Dividing Up the [Chinese] Melon" to "Colony"

Imperialism and the Imagination of a National Crisis

The Re-design of "Normative Vocabulary" and the "Epistemological Map": The Relevance of New Terms and Keywords

Contention and Debate in Modern Chinese Discourses on "New/Old" from the Perspective of Digital Humanities

Introduction

The Macroscopic View and Distant Reading: Structure of the Xin/Jiu Word Families and Their Comparison

The Microscopic View and Intensive Reading: The Trajectory of Development of the Contention and Debate over Xin/Jiu and Its Historical Implications

Early Phase Concurrent Contention: Zhengfu

Later Concurrent Contention: "Systems" (zhidu 制度) and "Society" (shehui 社會)

Early and Later Concurrent Contention: Thought (sixiang 思想)

Concurrent Contention: Wenxue (文學, "Literature")

Conclusion: Chinese Modernity Amid the Contention and Debate over Xin/Jiu.

Section 2: Environmental History 環境史

Overview and Literature Review of Environmental History in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan

Theoretical and Methodological Inquiry

Comprehensive Works on Environmental History

Thematic Research and Selected Period Studies

Historical Material Compilation

Differences Between "Western" and Chinese Studies of Environmental History

An Ecological Interpretation of History: The New Twenty-First Century Revolution in Chinese Historiography

From the Evolutionary Conception of History to the Dialectical Conception of History: Historical Perspectives on the Relationship Between Humans and Nature in the Late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China

The Obscure "Engels Line" and Its Rejuvenation: Reversals and Resurgence for Environmental History in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century

Closed and Open: Ecological Historiography as a Public Academic Discourse

Identifying the Ecological Conception of History: A New Historiographical Paradigm Now Coming into Being

Scientific Name - Principles - Framework: A Reflection on the Academic Principles of Environmental History with Chinese Characteristics

Growing Pains of Environmental History

"Scientific Name" and "Ecological Niche"

Principles and Concern for Life

Topics and the "Four Beams and Eight Pillars"

Agricultural Cultivation and Destruction: The Ecological History of Corn and Potatoes in Yunnan During the Qing Dynasty

The Cultivation of Corn and Potatoes in the Southwest in the Mid-to-Late Qing Dynasty

The Introduction and Cultivation of Corn and Potatoes

Impact of the Extensive Cultivation of Corn and Potatoes

Promotion of the Intensive Development of Mountainous Regions in the Southwest.

An Important Impact on the History of Agricultural Development in the Southwest

A Driving Factor in Significant Population Growth in the Southwest During the Qing Dynasty

Important Political Impact and Academic Significance

Ecological Changes in High-Yield Crop Cultivation Areas

Reducing Vegetation Cover in the Mountainous and Semi-mountainous Regions

Exacerbating Soil Erosion in the Mountainous and Semi-mountainous Regions

Silting of Riverways, Irrigation Canals, and Irrigation Works from Soil Erosion

Severe Impact on Agricultural Production in the Mountainous Regions, Leveed Areas, and Downstream Regions

Increases in the Number and Frequency of Various Natural Disasters Exacerbated the Agricultural Crisis

Concluding Remarks

Section 3: Historical Nihilism 歷史 無主義

A Discussion of Historical Materialism and Historical Nihilism

Historical Nihilism and Its View of History

Basic Methods and Positions of Historical Nihilism

Historical Materialism and Historical Nihilism

The Postmodernist View of History and Historical Nihilism

Section 4: History of Translation 翻 史

Translations and the Disruptions of Modernity

Translations in the Republic and People's Republic of China

Modern Translation Studies in China

Translation, Modernity, and the Modern Nation-State

The Emergence of Pidgin English in China

"Translators" and "Courier Stations" in the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties from the Perspective of Global History

Origins and Development of "Translators" and "Courier Stations"

"Translators," "Courier Stations," and the Bureau of Receptions

"Translators," "Courier Stations," and the Silk Road.

A Study on the Type IV Hua-Yi yiyu and Germania

Discovery of the Type IV Hua-Yi yiyu

The Hua-Yi yiyu of Different Eras and the History of Research Thereon

The History of the Hua-Yi yiyu

The Hua-Yi yiyu Compiled During the Qianlong Reign

The History of Research on the Hua-Yi yiyu

Overview of Florian Bahr's Life

Study of Germania

General Circumstances of Germania

Characteristics of the Content

Categories

Comparison with Vocabulary of the Western Barbarians in Translation

Comparison to Latino (Ladinuo hua 拉氐 )

Characteristics of the Lexicons

Characteristics in Terms of Interpretation and Translation

Translation of Distinctive Chinese Lexical Items

Examples of Semantic Translation

Examples of Deliberate Misconstruction

Examples of Mistranslation

Formal Characteristics

Seeking Equivalence with One Gloss per Word

Equivalence in Grammatical Form

Other Parts of Speech Found in the Chinese Vocabulary, in Addition to the Preponderance of Nouns

Chinese Lexical Items with Historical Grammar

Characteristics of the Eighteenth-Century German Vocabulary

Evaluating Germania from the Perspective of a Bilingual Dictionary

The Transformation of the Concept of Guoyu in the Late Qing Dynasty and the Initial Construction of a Common National Language

The Modern Transformation of the Concept of Guoyu in the Late Qing Dynasty and Twofold Stimulation by Japan

The Process of the Establishment of Hanyu as the Common National Language Guoyu and Collective Promotion by Court and Commonalty: A Political and Cultural Phenomenon That Could Not Be Ignored

From Guanhua to Guoyu: The Historical Formation of the Status of Hanyu as the Common National Language During the Qing Dynasty.

Characteristics of the Construction of a Common National Language in the Late Qing Dynasty and Early Awareness of Modern Chinese National Consciousness

Section 5: Maritime History 海洋史

Taiwan and Japan in the History of Exchanges in the Seas Surrounding China

The Abundance and Decline of the Pacific Herring and the Climate Anomalies After 1816: A Discussion on the Impact of the Tambora Eruption in Indonesia

Exposition of the Question

Abundance During the Jiaqing and Daoguang Periods

The Disappearance During the Guangxu Era

Changes in Phenological and Ecological Indicators of Pacific Herring

Abrupt Climate Change and the Eruption of Mount Tambora

Conclusion

National Seas and Sea People: A Study of the Maritime History of Korea Since the Modern Era

The Seas and Korean Historiography

Sprouting Period (1910-1945)

Period of Stagnation (1946-1960)

Formative Period (1960-1993)

Flourishing Period (1994 to Present)

From the Maritime Era to the Era of Maritime Bans

Three Kingdoms to Koryŏ (Maritime Era)

Chosŏn Period (Era of Maritime Bans)

Maritime Research as Influenced by the Modern Colonial Economy

History of the Maritime Transport Industry

History of Fisheries

History of the Shipbuilding Industry

Summary and Discussion

Section 6: New Qing History 新清史

The Qing as a Global Empire

Ruminations on the "National Identity" of the Manchus in the Late Qing Period

The Construction of and Thought About "Nation" and "State" by Chinese Intellectuals Since Modern Times

The Controversy over Manchu-Chinese Relations During the Xinhai Revolution.

Manchu Identity with "China" Before and After the Xinhai Revolution.

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ISBN:

3-11-224051-0

OCLC:

1590082634