[China] Pierre Fuller, Struggling with Famine in Warlord China: Social Networks, Achievements, and Limitations, 1920-21 (University of California, Irvine 2011), reviewed by Kathryn Edgerton-Tarpley (San Diego State University)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1663 [Southeast Asia] Erich DeWald, Vietnamese Tourism in Late-Colonial Central Vietnam, 1917–1945 (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 2012), reviewed by Ed Teversham (University of Oxford)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1665 [Asian Art, South Asia] Hope Childers, The Visual Culture of Opium in British India (University of California, Los Angeles 2011), reviewed by Robert Colvard (University of Iowa)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1666 [Science Studies] Jessica Martucci, Feeding Babies, Making Mothers: The Science, Practice and Meaning of Breastfeeding in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century (University of Pennsylvania, 2011), reviewed by Charlotte Faircloth (University of Kent, Canterbury)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1667 [Asian Art, China] Minku Kim, The Genesis of Image Worship: Epigraphic Evidence for Early Buddhist Art in China (University of California, Los Angeles 2011), reviewed by Eric Greene (University of California, Berkeley)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1668 [Russia] Gleb Tsipursky, Pleasure, Power, and the Pursuit of Communism: Soviet Youth and State-Sponsored Popular Culture during the Early Cold War, 1945-1968 (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011), reviewed by Sean Guillory (University of Pittsburgh)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1581 [China, Tibetan Himalayan] Scott Relyea, Gazing at the Tibetan Plateau: Sovereignty and Chinese State Expansion in the Early Twentieth Century (University of Chicago, 2010), reviewed by Stephen R. Halsey (University of Miami)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1671 [Southeast Asia] Heidi Hoefinger, Negotiating Intimacy: Transactional Sex and Relationships Among Cambodian Professional Girlfriends (Goldsmiths, University of London, 2010), reviewed by Sverre Molland (Australian National University)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1675 [Science Studies] Kathleen Sheppard, The Lady and the Looking Glass: Margaret Murray’s Life in Archaeology (University of Oklahoma, 2010), reviewed by Annette Imhausen (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1677 [Asian Art, China] Fan Jeremy Zhang, “Drama Sustains the Spirit”: Art, Ritual, and Theater in Jin and Yuan Period Pingyang, 1150-1350 (Brown University, 2011), reviewed by Jeehee Hong (Syracuse University)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1678 [Archives Review, South Asia] Derek L. Elliott (University of Cambridge), review of the National Archives of India
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1673 [Archives Review, Russia] Gleb Tsipursky (The Ohio State University), review of the State Archive of Contemporary History of Saratov Oblast (GANISO)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1681 [China, DR World, Medical Anthro] Lucia Candelise, La médecine chinoise dans la pratique médicale en France et en Italie, de 1930 à nos jours. Représentations, réception, tentatives d’intégration (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2008), reviewed by Florence Bretelle-Establet (CNRS / Université Paris Diderot – Paris 7)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1826 [Science Studies, South Asia] Susan N. Johnson-Roehr, The Spatialization of Knowledge and Power at the Observatories of Sawai Jai Singh II c. 1721-43 CE (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011), reviewed by Fatima Ahmad Imam (Lake Forest College)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1685 [China, Southeast Asia, Islamic Studies] Suchart Setthamalinee, The Transformation of Chinese Muslim Identities in Northern Thailand (University of Hawai’i at Manoa, 2010), reviewed by Francis R. Bradley (Pratt Institute)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1544 [Japan, Science Studies] Yu-Chuan Wu, A Disorder of Ki: Alternative Treatments for Neurasthenia in Japan, 1890-1945 (University College London, 2012), reviewed by Sato Masahiro (University of Tokyo)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1841 [Science Studies] Tricia Close-Koenig, Betwixt and Between: Production and Commodification of Knowledge in a Medical School Pathological Anatomy Laboratory, Strasbourg (mid-19th century to 1939) (Université de Strasbourg, 2011), reviewed by Rina Knoeff (University of Groningen)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1687 [Russia] Victoria Smolkin-Rothrock, “A Sacred Space is Never Empty”: Soviet Atheism, 1954-1971 (University of California, Berkeley, 2010), reviewed by Margaret Peacock (University of Alabama)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1857 [Asian Art, China, Inner Asia] Jui-Man Mandy Wu, Mortuary Art in the Northern Zhou China (557–581 CE): Visualization of Class, Role, and Cultural Identity (University of Pittsburgh, 2010), reviewed by Sarah Laursen (New York University)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1689
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1663 [Southeast Asia] Erich DeWald, Vietnamese Tourism in Late-Colonial Central Vietnam, 1917–1945 (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 2012), reviewed by Ed Teversham (University of Oxford)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1665 [Asian Art, South Asia] Hope Childers, The Visual Culture of Opium in British India (University of California, Los Angeles 2011), reviewed by Robert Colvard (University of Iowa)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1666 [Science Studies] Jessica Martucci, Feeding Babies, Making Mothers: The Science, Practice and Meaning of Breastfeeding in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century (University of Pennsylvania, 2011), reviewed by Charlotte Faircloth (University of Kent, Canterbury)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1667 [Asian Art, China] Minku Kim, The Genesis of Image Worship: Epigraphic Evidence for Early Buddhist Art in China (University of California, Los Angeles 2011), reviewed by Eric Greene (University of California, Berkeley)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1668 [Russia] Gleb Tsipursky, Pleasure, Power, and the Pursuit of Communism: Soviet Youth and State-Sponsored Popular Culture during the Early Cold War, 1945-1968 (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011), reviewed by Sean Guillory (University of Pittsburgh)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1581 [China, Tibetan Himalayan] Scott Relyea, Gazing at the Tibetan Plateau: Sovereignty and Chinese State Expansion in the Early Twentieth Century (University of Chicago, 2010), reviewed by Stephen R. Halsey (University of Miami)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1671 [Southeast Asia] Heidi Hoefinger, Negotiating Intimacy: Transactional Sex and Relationships Among Cambodian Professional Girlfriends (Goldsmiths, University of London, 2010), reviewed by Sverre Molland (Australian National University)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1675 [Science Studies] Kathleen Sheppard, The Lady and the Looking Glass: Margaret Murray’s Life in Archaeology (University of Oklahoma, 2010), reviewed by Annette Imhausen (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1677 [Asian Art, China] Fan Jeremy Zhang, “Drama Sustains the Spirit”: Art, Ritual, and Theater in Jin and Yuan Period Pingyang, 1150-1350 (Brown University, 2011), reviewed by Jeehee Hong (Syracuse University)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1678 [Archives Review, South Asia] Derek L. Elliott (University of Cambridge), review of the National Archives of India
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1673 [Archives Review, Russia] Gleb Tsipursky (The Ohio State University), review of the State Archive of Contemporary History of Saratov Oblast (GANISO)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1681 [China, DR World, Medical Anthro] Lucia Candelise, La médecine chinoise dans la pratique médicale en France et en Italie, de 1930 à nos jours. Représentations, réception, tentatives d’intégration (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2008), reviewed by Florence Bretelle-Establet (CNRS / Université Paris Diderot – Paris 7)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1826 [Science Studies, South Asia] Susan N. Johnson-Roehr, The Spatialization of Knowledge and Power at the Observatories of Sawai Jai Singh II c. 1721-43 CE (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011), reviewed by Fatima Ahmad Imam (Lake Forest College)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1685 [China, Southeast Asia, Islamic Studies] Suchart Setthamalinee, The Transformation of Chinese Muslim Identities in Northern Thailand (University of Hawai’i at Manoa, 2010), reviewed by Francis R. Bradley (Pratt Institute)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1544 [Japan, Science Studies] Yu-Chuan Wu, A Disorder of Ki: Alternative Treatments for Neurasthenia in Japan, 1890-1945 (University College London, 2012), reviewed by Sato Masahiro (University of Tokyo)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1841 [Science Studies] Tricia Close-Koenig, Betwixt and Between: Production and Commodification of Knowledge in a Medical School Pathological Anatomy Laboratory, Strasbourg (mid-19th century to 1939) (Université de Strasbourg, 2011), reviewed by Rina Knoeff (University of Groningen)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1687 [Russia] Victoria Smolkin-Rothrock, “A Sacred Space is Never Empty”: Soviet Atheism, 1954-1971 (University of California, Berkeley, 2010), reviewed by Margaret Peacock (University of Alabama)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1857 [Asian Art, China, Inner Asia] Jui-Man Mandy Wu, Mortuary Art in the Northern Zhou China (557–581 CE): Visualization of Class, Role, and Cultural Identity (University of Pittsburgh, 2010), reviewed by Sarah Laursen (New York University)
http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1689
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