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Schrecker, John was born on August 22, 1937 in Rumburk, Czech Republic.
("Instead of applying Western concepts of historical analy...)
"Instead of applying Western concepts of historical analysis to China, Schrecker seeks to understand modern history, both of China and of the West, through Chinese historiographical categories. The reader will appreciate not only the Chinese historiographical tradition but also the way this tradition enriches one's understanding of world history. An ambitious, much needed study." Akira Iriye, Harvard University, Past President, American Historical Association "John Schrecker has written a historical narrative certain to be of great value to students of politics and society. It is at once lively and engaging and theoretically sophisticated. By adopting a Chinese perspective and applying it not only to China itself but also to the interventions of the West, Schrecker opens the way for a new comparative history." Michael Walzer The Institute for Advanced Study Princeton
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This fully updated second edition provides a succinct and self-contained history of China. The text emphasizes the relationship between China's modern era and its past, employing a unique approach that presents the story in terms of traditional Chinese historical theories. When the West enters the scene in modern times, Schrecker fits its impact into the Chinese story, rather than the reverse, as is commonly done. This study demonstrates that traditional China was not homogeneous or changeless, thus offering a much-needed corrective to common stereotypes about other cultures that is essential for both classroom use and for the general reader. The Chinese Revolution in Historical Perspective, available here in a fully updated second edition, provides a succinct and self-contained history of China. The text emphasizes the relationship between China's modern era and its past, employing a unique approach that presents the story in terms of traditional Chinese historical theories. When the West enters the scene in modern times, Schrecker fits its impact into the Chinese story, rather than the reverse, as is commonly done. This study demonstrates that traditional China was not homogeneous or changeless, thus offering a much-needed corrective to common stereotypes about other cultures that is essential for both classroom use and for the general reader. Schrecker's approach permits a full appreciation of the connections between the contemporary scene and the Chinese past—an appreciation that is increasingly important as China moves away from typical Communist practices and returns to more traditional Chinese patterns—for example, recreating a lively entrepreneurial economy of the sort that characterized China for a thousand years. This edition brings China's story up to the present. An additional preface and map are included, along with an updated bibliography and supplemental notes. A new appendix details the traditional understanding of the key Chinese historiographical terms used in the book.
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Schrecker, John was born on August 22, 1937 in Rumburk, Czech Republic.
Bachelor, University Pennsylvania, 1958. Master of Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1968.
Assistant professor of history Princeton University, New Jersey, 1965—1971. Professor of history Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1971. Associate in research Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University, Cambridge, since 1971.
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Member of American History Association, Association for Asian Studies, Phi Beta Kappa.
Son of Karl Steiner and Marian Schrecker-Heller, Franz Schrecker (Stepfather). Married Ellen Wolf, February 18, 1962 (divorced). Married Janet Barry, May 11, 1992.
Children: Michael Franz, Daniel Edwin.