Preschool Education & Childhood in China
A review of Precocious Politics: Preschool Education and Child Protection in China, by Margaret Mih Tillman. Margaret Mih Tillman’s Precocious…
The Zheng Organization in 17th-Century East Asia
A review of Between Trade and Legitimacy, Maritime and Continent: The Zheng Organization in Seventeenth-Century East Asia, by XING HANG.…
Anti-Cigarette Campaigns in Modern China
A Review of “No Smoking” for the Nation: Anti-Cigarette Campaigns in Modern China, 1910-1935, by WENNAN LIU. This brilliant, meticulously…
Modern Weddings for a Modern China
A review of Balancing Rites and Rights: The Social and Cultural Politics of New-Style Weddings in Republican Shanghai, 1898-1953, by…
The Dilemma of Chinese Nationalism
A review of Searching for the Self: Zhang Shizhao and Chinese Narratives (1903-1927), by YE BIN. Where do nation, modernity,…
Buddhist Activism in Shanghai, 1920-1956
A review of The Householder Elite: Buddhist Activism in Shanghai, 1920-1956, by JAMES BROOKS JESSUP. This dissertation studies the role…
Uyghur Muslims & the Making of Qing Central Asia
A review of Saintly Brokers: Uyghur Muslims, Trade, and the Making of Qing Central Asia, 1696-1814, by KWANGMIN KIM. Kwangmin Kim’s…