China and World History
Paul Dukes interprets the heritage of China in the context of global history
Keeping up with the swing from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the Sixteenth International Congress of Historical Sciences in 1985 moved further away than its predecessors from a concentration on the West. There were more delegates than before from the East, especially Japan and China, and ample opportunity to listen to them on subjects close to their homes. In addition, general themes could be discussed in a more complete manner: 'Weber and the Methodology of History' included speakers from Japan, Hong Kong and India; 'The Image of the Other' was introduced by a wide range of papers, among them one on Judaism in China, and another on the minorities in pre-modern East Asia.
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