American historiography of the modern Chinese history in the academic works by professor Lev Bereznyy

The academic works of the Russian sinologist Lev Bereznyy offer the analysis of American research papers of the second half of the 20th century. The researcher used new methodological approaches to explore the issues related to the colonial expansion in China: “the impact of the West” and the beginning of the modern Chinese history, the paradigms of “modernization” and “revolu tion”. The concept presented by D.K. Fairbank was analyzed and a “fresh approach” toward some issues of Chinese history in the early modern period was considered. The new approach was elaborated by an American sinologist John K. Fairbank who saw the 19th and the 20th centuries as the era of the “great Chinese revolution”. Professor L.A. Bereznyy studied discussions of American researchers whose scientific interest was focused on the modernization of Chinese society.