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Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Nature of Local Sources and Understanding Regional History in Imperial China: Introduction to a theme issue of JESHO

Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Nature of Local Sources and Understanding Regional History in Imperial... © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/156852009X405320 Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 52 (2009) 4-13 www.brill.nl/jesho Rock, Paper, Scissors: Th e Nature of Local Sources and Understanding Regional History in Imperial China Introduction to a theme issue of JESHO Bettine Birge * Keywords local history, Song dynasty, discourse, historiography, sources Two important trends in the methodology of historical studies have greatly infl uenced Chinese history over the last twenty years and have opened up new dimensions in the study of the Chinese Middle Period (eighth through fourteenth centuries). Th ese have been fi rst, the turn to local history, and second, the growing inclination, under the infl uence of postmodern liter- ary analysis, of approaching the content of texts as a matter of subjective discourses rather than as sources of objective data. Th e four papers in this special issue of JESHO each develop aspects of these trends and point the way to new perspectives on Middle-Period Chinese history. 1 Th ey each present a case study of sources for local history and analyze their frag- mented discourses. Th ey look closely at what the sources say and what they do not http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient Brill

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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/156852009X405320 Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 52 (2009) 4-13 www.brill.nl/jesho Rock, Paper, Scissors: Th e Nature of Local Sources and Understanding Regional History in Imperial China Introduction to a theme issue of JESHO Bettine Birge * Keywords local history, Song dynasty, discourse, historiography, sources Two important trends in the methodology of historical studies have greatly infl uenced Chinese history over the last twenty years and have opened up new dimensions in the study of the Chinese Middle Period (eighth through fourteenth centuries). Th ese have been fi rst, the turn to local history, and second, the growing inclination, under the infl uence of postmodern liter- ary analysis, of approaching the content of texts as a matter of subjective discourses rather than as sources of objective data. Th e four papers in this special issue of JESHO each develop aspects of these trends and point the way to new perspectives on Middle-Period Chinese history. 1 Th ey each present a case study of sources for local history and analyze their frag- mented discourses. Th ey look closely at what the sources say and what they do not

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Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2009

Keywords: LOCAL HISTORY; HISTORIOGRAPHY; DISCOURSE; SONG DYNASTY; SOURCES

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