Robert Thorp

Biographic Data

ID5363535
NAMERobert Thorp
GIVEN NAMESRobert
FAMILY NAMEThorp
SIGNATURETHORP R
AFFILIATIONSUppsala University
ORCID0000-0002-0723-442X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS12
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX2

  • China

    Ann Paludan, Bent L Pedersen et al.CHAPTER2023

  • On historical thinking and the history educational challenge

    Open AccessRobert Thorp, Anders PerssonARTICLEEducational Philosophy and Theory2020Cited by: 8References: 4

    The notion of historical thinking has in recent years become popular in research on history education, particularly so in North America, the UK and Australia. The aim of this paper is to discuss the cognitive competencies related to historical thinking, as expressed by some influential Canadian researchers, as an history educational notion from two aspects: what is historical thinking and what does it mean in an educational context, and what are …

  • The Cold War in the Classroom

    Open AccessBarbara Christophe, Peter Gautschi et al.EDITORBOOKThe Cold War in the Classroom2019

    This book explores the effect that textbooks have on understanding the Cold War period and highlights how memory is negotiated alongside teacher narratives within classrooms around the world, and how it can offer insight into disputed and often controversial issues.

  • Historical Consciousness and Historical Media - A History Didactical Approach to Educational Media

    Open AccessRobert ThorpARTICLEEducation Inquiry2014Cited by: 1References: 2

    This paper presents a theoretical approach to analysing educational media using the concept of historical consciousness. The concept of historical consciousness is defined and operationalised and its relevance for analysis of historical media is discussed. One aspect of the theoretical framework proposed is then applied in an analysis of a history textbook account. The analysis finds that while the framework may be applied in analysis of textbook…

  • China in the Early Bronze Age

    Robert L Thorp, Robert ThorpBOOKChina in the Early Bronze Age2006

    Students of the history and archaeology of early civilizations will find China in the Early Bronze Age the most up-to-date and wide-ranging introduction to its topic now in print. Scholars in Chinese studies will use this work as a handbook and research guide. For all readers, this volume makes fascinating reading in the formative stages of Chinese culture accessible

  • East Asian Art and American Culture

    Robert L Thorp, Robert Thorp et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1994

  • Erlitou and the Search for the Xia

    Open AccessRobert L Thorp, Robert ThorpARTICLEEarly China1991

    This article places the recent literature on archaeological manifestations of the Xia in context, describes and analyzes the published data for the Erlitou typesite in some detail, and examines broader issues implicit in the debate on this contentious topic. The positivism that animates so much recent literature is linked to the Anyang excavations and the promise of scientific archaeology more generally. Particular attention is given to certain o…

  • The Growth of Early Shang Civilization

    Robert L Thorp, Robert ThorpARTICLEHarvard Journal of Asiatic Studies1985Cited by: 3

  • Chinese Traditional Architecture

    Alexander Coburn Soper, Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt et al.ARTICLEArtibus Asiae1984

    Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the china house gallery, new york city, from april 6th to june 10th 1984, by the china institute in america. The first part is a comprehensive survey of the development of architecture and buildings technologies in china, written by fu xinian, an eminent archaeologist and scholar of chinese architecture. It is followed by ten essays by various authors on specific monuments and periods

  • The Chinese Bronze Age From a Marxist Perspective

    Open AccessRobert ThorpARTICLEEarly China1981

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  • The Date of Tomb 5 at Yinxu, Anyang

    Robert L Thorp, Robert ThorpARTICLEArtibus Asiae1981

  • The Sui Xian Tomb

    Robert L Thorp, Robert ThorpARTICLEArtibus Asiae1981

    Mise au jour, en 1977-78, d'une tombe intacte dans le nord de la prov. de Hubei, contenant un jeu de 65 cloches, des vases rituels en bronze, des objets en bois laque, parures de jade, armes, instruments de musique, bambous inscrits. Les textes et inscriptions au nom de Zeng Hou Yi permettent une datation aux environs de 433 av. J.-C., debut de la periode des Royaumes Combattants. Informations historiques sur les Zhou orientaux (770-256 av. J.-C.…