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Machine generated contents note: Part I Historiography and Cultural Identity -- 1 The Authenticity of a Copy: Problems of Nineteenth-Century -- Spanish-American Historiography -- Jochen Meissner -- 2 In Search of Lost Identity: South Africa between Great Trek -- and Colonial Nationalism, 1830-1910 -- Benedikt Stuchtey -- 3 India's Connection to History: The Discipline and the -- Relation between Center and Periphery -- Michael Gottlob -- 4 Historiography on a "Continent without History": -- Anglophone West Africa, 1880s-1940s -- Andreas Eckert -- 5 Alternative National Histories in Japan: Yamaji Aizan and -- Academic Historiography -- Stefan Tanaka -- Part II Across Cultural Borders -- 6 German Historicism and Scientific History in China, -- 1900-1940 -- Q. Edward Wang -- v -- 7 Transfer and Interaction: France and Francophone African -- Historiography -- Matthias Middell -- 8 The Historical Discipline in the United States: Following the -- German Model? -- Gabriele Lingelbach -- 9 The Politics of the Republic of Learning: International -- Scientific Congresses in Europe, the Pacific Rim, and Latin -- America -- Eckhardt Fuchs -- Part III Beyond Eurocentrism: The Politics of History in a -- Global Age -- 10 History without a Center? Reflections on Eurocentrism -- Arif Dirlik -- 11 Africa and the Construction of a Grand Narrative in World -- History -- Maghan Keita -- 12 "Modernity" and "Asia" in the Study of Chinese History -- Wang Hui -- 13 Comparing Cultures in Intercultural Communication -- Jorn Riisen -- Index -- About the Contributors. |