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2008 Dissertation

9 posts

Islam and Modernity in Kyrgyzstan

  • Madeleine Reeves
  • 8 minute read
A review of The Fruit of Devotion: Islam and Modernity in Kyrgyzstan, by Julie McBrien. In the growing scholarly and…
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Nevil Maskelyne & the Zenith Sector

  • Richard L. Kremer
  • 5 minute read
A review of Constructing an Instrument: Nevil Maskelyne and the Zenith Sector, 1760-1774, by Nicky Reeves. This study offers a…
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Chinese Medicine in 20th c. France & Italy

  • Florence Bretelle-Establet
  • 6 minute read
A review of La médecine chinoise dans la pratique médicale en France et en Italie, de 1930 à nos jours.…
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Genetic Discrimination in the U.S.

  • Alina Bennett
  • 4 minute read
A review of Genetic Discrimination: A Genealogy of an American Problem, by Janet Elizabeth Childerhose. Many worlds are tethered together…
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Chinese Fiction Periodicals in Global Context

  • Yvon Wang
  • 4 minute read
A review of “Give Me a Day, and I Will Give You the World”: Chinese Fiction Periodicals in Global Context, 1900-1910,…
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Uyghur Muslims & the Making of Qing Central Asia

  • Loretta Kim
  • 5 minute read
A review of Saintly Brokers: Uyghur Muslims, Trade, and the Making of Qing Central Asia, 1696-1814, by KWANGMIN KIM.  Kwangmin Kim’s…
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Motion Pictures & the Chinese Propaganda State

  • Kevin Carrico
  • 4 minute read
A review of International and Wartime Origins of the Propaganda State: The Motion Picture in China, 1897-1955, by MATTHEW DAVID JOHNSON. …
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Intellectuals, the State & Frontiers in the Nanjing Decade

  • James Leibold
  • 4 minute read
A review of Stretching the Skin of the Nation: Chinese Intellectuals, the State, and the Frontiers in the Nanjing Decade (1927-1937),…
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Urban-Rural Divide in China

  • Christopher Leighton
  • 4 minute read
A review of Crossing the Urban-Rural Divide in Twentieth Century China, by JEREMY BROWN. In this well-written and extensively documented dissertation,…
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