Punk Avant-Gardes in East Germany
A review of Punk Avant-Gardes: Disengagement and the End of East Germany, by Seth Howes. Seth Howes’s exploration of the material and theoretical realities of…
Negotiating the Familiar in Unfamiliar Settings
In the Same Boat? Negotiating Affinity and Difference with Fellow Overseas Filipinos When encountering the familiar in an unfamiliar context, how does one act and…
Central State and Party archives in Chișinău, Moldova
A review of the National Archive of the Republic of Moldova (Arhiva Națională a Republicii Moldova) and the Archive of Social-Political Organizations of the Republic…
Empire and Scientific Survey in Puerto Rico
A review of American Empire and the Scientific Survey of Puerto Rico, by Darryl E. Brock. This dissertation skillfully examines the intersection of imperialism and…
The Birth of the Chinese Population
A review of The Birth of the Chinese Population: A Study in the History of Governmental Logics by Malcolm Thompson. One is tempted to describe…
Japanese Influence on Chinese Industrial Development
A review of Where Imperialism Could Not Reach: Chinese Industrial Policy and Japan, 1900-40, by Joyman Lee. This dissertation examines the influence of Japan in…
Infrastructure and the Consolidation of Power in 20th Century Iran and Afghanistan
A review of Projecting the State: Political Ideology and Infrastructural Power in Early 20th Century Afghanistan and Iran, by Ryan Brasher. In his in-depth and…
