Q. Edward Wang is Professor and Chairperson of the History Department at Rowan University and has written and co-written several books in both English and Chinese, including The Ideas of History in the West: from Ancient Greece to the Present (1998); Postmodernism and Historiography: A Chinese-Western Comparison (2000), and Mirroring the Past: the Writing and Use of History in Imperial China (2005).

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionQ. Edward WangPART I: THEORIESChapter 1. Ideas of Periodization in the WestDonald R. KelleyChapter 2. What is Distinctive about Modern Historiography?Allan MegillChapter 3. War and Peace: Against Historical RealismHayden WhiteChapter 4. Objectivity and Opposition: Some Émigré Historians in the 1930s and Early 1940sEdoardo TortaroloChapter 5. Of Nations, Nationalism, and National Identity: Reflections on the Historiographical Organization of the PastDaniel WoolfChapter 6. “Won’t You Tell Me, Where Have All the Good Times Gone?” On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Modernization Theory for Historical StudyChris LorenzChapter 7. Historiography, Social Sciences, and the Master NarrativesBo StråthChapter 8. Georg G. Iggers and the Challenge of A Poststructuralist HistoriographyD. A. Jeremy TelmanChapter 9. Future-Directed Elements of a European Historical CultureJörn RüsenPART II: SCOPEChapter 10. Transnational Approaches to Historical Sciences in the Twentieth Century: International Historical Congresses and OrganizationsJürgen KockaChapter 11. Cross-Cultural Developments of Modern Historiography: Examples from East Asia, the Middle East, and IndiaQ. Edward WangChapter 12. Time and Space in Chinese Historiography: Concepts of Centrality in the History and Literature of the Three KingdomsRoger V. Des ForgesChapter 13. Georg G. Iggers and the Changes in Modern Chinese HistoriographyChen Qineng and Jiang PengChapter 14. The Korean Conception of History: Shin Ch’aeho’s Nationalistic HistoriographyGi-Bong KimChapter 15. “Historiology” and Historiography: An East Asian PerspectiveMasayuki SatoChapter 16. Curriculum Matters: Teaching World History in the US in the Twentieth CenturyEckhardt FuchsChapter 17. Challenges to the History of Historiography in an Age of GlobalizationMatthias Middell and Frank HadlerPART III: CASESChapter 18. Why Davila? John Adams and His DiscoursesZdenka Gredel-ManueleChapter 19. The Enlightenment on Trial: Reinhart Koselleck’s Interpretation of AufklärungFranz Leander FillaferChapter 20. Constitutional and Economic History at the University of Berlin, 1890–1933Pavel KolárChapter 21. Border Regions, Hybridity, and National Identity: The Cases of Alsace and MasuriaStefan BergerChapter 22. “Tons of Wasted Paper”? Jürgen Kuczynski and East German HistoriographyAxel Fair-SchulzChapter 23. Going to the Source: Historical Records and Interpretations of the East German DictatorshipGregory R. WitkowskiChapter 24. Fascism, Anti-Fascism, and Resistance in the Politics of Memory and Historiography in Post War ItalyGustavo CorniChapter 25. “Let the Dead Bury the Living”: Daniel Libeskind’s Monumental Counter-HistoryEwa DomanskaAppendixGeorg G. Iggers: A Brief BiographySelect BibliographyContributorsIndex

"…a thought-provoking volume that takes the challenge of transnationalism seriously.”  ·  German History

Q. Edward Wang is Professor and Chairperson of the History Department at Rowan University and has written and co-written several books in both English and Chinese, including The Ideas of History in the West: from Ancient Greece to the Present (1998); Postmodernism and Historiography: A Chinese-Western Comparison (2000), and Mirroring the Past: the Writing and Use of History in Imperial China (2005).

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionQ. Edward WangPART I: THEORIESChapter 1. Ideas of Periodization in the WestDonald R. KelleyChapter 2. What is Distinctive about Modern Historiography?Allan MegillChapter 3. War and Peace: Against Historical RealismHayden WhiteChapter 4. Objectivity and Opposition: Some Émigré Historians in the 1930s and Early 1940sEdoardo TortaroloChapter 5. Of Nations, Nationalism, and National Identity: Reflections on the Historiographical Organization of the PastDaniel WoolfChapter 6. “Won’t You Tell Me, Where Have All the Good Times Gone?” On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Modernization Theory for Historical StudyChris LorenzChapter 7. Historiography, Social Sciences, and the Master NarrativesBo StråthChapter 8. Georg G. Iggers and the Challenge of A Poststructuralist HistoriographyD. A. Jeremy TelmanChapter 9. Future-Directed Elements of a European Historical CultureJörn RüsenPART II: SCOPEChapter 10. Transnational Approaches to Historical Sciences in the Twentieth Century: International Historical Congresses and OrganizationsJürgen KockaChapter 11. Cross-Cultural Developments of Modern Historiography: Examples from East Asia, the Middle East, and IndiaQ. Edward WangChapter 12. Time and Space in Chinese Historiography: Concepts of Centrality in the History and Literature of the Three KingdomsRoger V. Des ForgesChapter 13. Georg G. Iggers and the Changes in Modern Chinese HistoriographyChen Qineng and Jiang PengChapter 14. The Korean Conception of History: Shin Ch’aeho’s Nationalistic HistoriographyGi-Bong KimChapter 15. “Historiology” and Historiography: An East Asian PerspectiveMasayuki SatoChapter 16. Curriculum Matters: Teaching World History in the US in the Twentieth CenturyEckhardt FuchsChapter 17. Challenges to the History of Historiography in an Age of GlobalizationMatthias Middell and Frank HadlerPART III: CASESChapter 18. Why Davila? John Adams and His DiscoursesZdenka Gredel-ManueleChapter 19. The Enlightenment on Trial: Reinhart Koselleck’s Interpretation of AufklärungFranz Leander FillaferChapter 20. Constitutional and Economic History at the University of Berlin, 1890–1933Pavel KolárChapter 21. Border Regions, Hybridity, and National Identity: The Cases of Alsace and MasuriaStefan BergerChapter 22. “Tons of Wasted Paper”? Jürgen Kuczynski and East German HistoriographyAxel Fair-SchulzChapter 23. Going to the Source: Historical Records and Interpretations of the East German DictatorshipGregory R. WitkowskiChapter 24. Fascism, Anti-Fascism, and Resistance in the Politics of Memory and Historiography in Post War ItalyGustavo CorniChapter 25. “Let the Dead Bury the Living”: Daniel Libeskind’s Monumental Counter-HistoryEwa DomanskaAppendixGeorg G. Iggers: A Brief BiographySelect BibliographyContributorsIndex

"…a thought-provoking volume that takes the challenge of transnationalism seriously.”  ·  German History

Q. Edward Wang is Professor and Chairperson of the History Department at Rowan University and has written and co-written several books in both English and Chinese, including The Ideas of History in the West: from Ancient Greece to the Present (1998); Postmodernism and Historiography: A Chinese-Western Comparison (2000), and Mirroring the Past: the Writing and Use of History in Imperial China (2005).

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionQ. Edward WangPART I: THEORIESChapter 1. Ideas of Periodization in the WestDonald R. KelleyChapter 2. What is Distinctive about Modern Historiography?Allan MegillChapter 3. War and Peace: Against Historical RealismHayden WhiteChapter 4. Objectivity and Opposition: Some Émigré Historians in the 1930s and Early 1940sEdoardo TortaroloChapter 5. Of Nations, Nationalism, and National Identity: Reflections on the Historiographical Organization of the PastDaniel WoolfChapter 6. “Won’t You Tell Me, Where Have All the Good Times Gone?” On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Modernization Theory for Historical StudyChris LorenzChapter 7. Historiography, Social Sciences, and the Master NarrativesBo StråthChapter 8. Georg G. Iggers and the Challenge of A Poststructuralist HistoriographyD. A. Jeremy TelmanChapter 9. Future-Directed Elements of a European Historical CultureJörn RüsenPART II: SCOPEChapter 10. Transnational Approaches to Historical Sciences in the Twentieth Century: International Historical Congresses and OrganizationsJürgen KockaChapter 11. Cross-Cultural Developments of Modern Historiography: Examples from East Asia, the Middle East, and IndiaQ. Edward WangChapter 12. Time and Space in Chinese Historiography: Concepts of Centrality in the History and Literature of the Three KingdomsRoger V. Des ForgesChapter 13. Georg G. Iggers and the Changes in Modern Chinese HistoriographyChen Qineng and Jiang PengChapter 14. The Korean Conception of History: Shin Ch’aeho’s Nationalistic HistoriographyGi-Bong KimChapter 15. “Historiology” and Historiography: An East Asian PerspectiveMasayuki SatoChapter 16. Curriculum Matters: Teaching World History in the US in the Twentieth CenturyEckhardt FuchsChapter 17. Challenges to the History of Historiography in an Age of GlobalizationMatthias Middell and Frank HadlerPART III: CASESChapter 18. Why Davila? John Adams and His DiscoursesZdenka Gredel-ManueleChapter 19. The Enlightenment on Trial: Reinhart Koselleck’s Interpretation of AufklärungFranz Leander FillaferChapter 20. Constitutional and Economic History at the University of Berlin, 1890–1933Pavel KolárChapter 21. Border Regions, Hybridity, and National Identity: The Cases of Alsace and MasuriaStefan BergerChapter 22. “Tons of Wasted Paper”? Jürgen Kuczynski and East German HistoriographyAxel Fair-SchulzChapter 23. Going to the Source: Historical Records and Interpretations of the East German DictatorshipGregory R. WitkowskiChapter 24. Fascism, Anti-Fascism, and Resistance in the Politics of Memory and Historiography in Post War ItalyGustavo CorniChapter 25. “Let the Dead Bury the Living”: Daniel Libeskind’s Monumental Counter-HistoryEwa DomanskaAppendixGeorg G. Iggers: A Brief BiographySelect BibliographyContributorsIndex

"…a thought-provoking volume that takes the challenge of transnationalism seriously.”  ·  German History