“Things Chinese and Japanese”: American Conceptions of Civilization
A review of Material, Mental, and Moral Progress: American Conceptions of Civilization in Late 19th Century Studies on “Things Chinese and Japanese”, by Henna-Riikka Pennanen….
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Childhood, Theater, and the Taipei Children’s Arts Festival 2000-2011
A review of The Representation of Taiwanese Childhood As Reflected in Taiwanese Theatre for Young Audience of The Taipei Children’s Arts Festival 2000-2011, by Yi-Ren…
Chinese Images in Late Chosŏn Art
A review of Connecting Across Boundaries: The Use of Chinese Images in Late Chosŏn Court Art from Transcultural and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, by Yoonjung Seo. The…
Migratory Labor and the Japanese Empire, 1905-1941
A review of Colonial Settlement and Migratory Labour in Karafuto 1905-1941, by Steven Edward Ivings. Now a part of Russia, from 1905 to 1945 the…
Historical Archive at the Center for Meso-American Research
A review of the Historical Archive at the Center for Meso-American Research (Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica, Antigua, Guatemala) Archivists rarely get the credit…
The National Archives of Sri Lanka
A review of the National Archives of Sri Lanka (Colombo, Sri Lanka). Since 2009, I have used the archives of the Dutch East India Company…