Islam and Modernity in Kyrgyzstan
A review of The Fruit of Devotion: Islam and Modernity in Kyrgyzstan, by Julie McBrien. In the growing scholarly and…
Nevil Maskelyne & the Zenith Sector
A review of Constructing an Instrument: Nevil Maskelyne and the Zenith Sector, 1760-1774, by Nicky Reeves. This study offers a…
Chinese Medicine in 20th c. France & Italy
A review of La médecine chinoise dans la pratique médicale en France et en Italie, de 1930 à nos jours.…
Genetic Discrimination in the U.S.
A review of Genetic Discrimination: A Genealogy of an American Problem, by Janet Elizabeth Childerhose. Many worlds are tethered together…
Chinese Fiction Periodicals in Global Context
A review of “Give Me a Day, and I Will Give You the World”: Chinese Fiction Periodicals in Global Context, 1900-1910,…
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…
Motion Pictures & the Chinese Propaganda State
A review of International and Wartime Origins of the Propaganda State: The Motion Picture in China, 1897-1955, by MATTHEW DAVID JOHNSON. …
Intellectuals, the State & Frontiers in the Nanjing Decade
A review of Stretching the Skin of the Nation: Chinese Intellectuals, the State, and the Frontiers in the Nanjing Decade (1927-1937),…
Urban-Rural Divide in China
A review of Crossing the Urban-Rural Divide in Twentieth Century China, by JEREMY BROWN. In this well-written and extensively documented dissertation,…