Revolution and History Origins of Marxist Historiography in China, 1919-1937 [Paperback]

InRevolution and History,Arif Dirlik examines the application of the materialist conception of history to the analysis of Chinese history in a period when Marxist ideas first gained currency in Chinese intellectual circles. His argument raises questions about earlier interpretations of Marxist historiography by scholars who based their opinions primarily on post-1949 writings.

Arif Dirlikis Associate Professor of History at Duke University and author ofThe Origins of Chinese Communism(1989).

A fascinating contribution to Marxist historiography and to the history of Marxist historiography. Dirlik's story of the reemergence of the modes of production debate in the early years of the Chinese revolution has much to tell us about that debate itself, and not least about its intimate relationship to political practice and revolutionary strategy. Fredric Jameson, Duke University