{"product_id":"seeing-history-li-na-9783112214800","title":"Seeing History: Public History in China","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen public history was imported from the United States to China around the turn of the twenty-first century, it was introduced as a sub-field within history, and has developed along that path ever since. Professional historians in China, even some forward-looking ones, see public history as merely presenting a change in the patterns of participation in history-making. This book offers a sharply different view. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt contends, essentially, that public history represents more than a research domain within history or within any existing discipline, nor does it fit into any established narratives, but rather, a fundamental change of the entire process of history-making in China. In this process, the public is prosuming history. Public history makes obsolete the old structure for building and acquiring historical knowledge: it challenges the old assumptions, supersedes the rigid academic hierarchy, and stirs the imaginations of the multitudes. With an assemblage of case studies, this work makes a case for a system view of public history making, or public history(ing), and launches a concept, complex public history, i.e. public history(ing) as complex adaptive systems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Li Na\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3112214803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783112214800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter Oldenbourg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Li Na","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46927953658111,"sku":"9783112214800","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_362942c1-7bd0-4b46-97db-4ccdec6faca4.jpg?v=1749373483","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seeing-history-li-na-9783112214800","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}