Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. Origins of the Modernization Narrative: Nationalist Historiography Before 1949 33
6. 3. Origins of the Revolutionary Narrative: Marxist Historiography Before 1949 74
7. 4. The Making of a New Orthodoxy: Marxist Historiography in the 1950s 110
8. 5. Between the Past and the Present: The Radicalization of Historiography Under Mao 132
9. 6. Challenging the Revolutionary Orthodoxy: “New Enlightenment” Historiography in the 1980s 170
10. 7. From Revolution to Modernization: The Paradigmatic Transition in Reform Era Historiography 204
11. 8. Master Narratives in Crisis 236
12. 9. Conclusion 261
13. Notes 279
14. Glossary 293
15. Index 333