This edited volume focuses on heritage discourse and practice in China today as it has evolved from the 'heritage turn' that can be dated to the 1990s. Using a

The recent heritage boom in China is transforming local social, economic, and cultural life and reshaping domestic and global notions of China's national identi

This book examines how heritage interacts with social-cultural changes and how individuals perform and negotiate their identities through daily practices that i

Heritage Politics in China: The Power of the Past studies the impact of heritage policies and discourses on the Chinese state and Chinese society. It sheds ligh

Yang Jisheng’s The World Turned Upside Down is the definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, in withering and heartbreaking detail. As a major political