Gender and Restaurant Work in Shanghai
A review of Transforming Life in China: Gendered Experiences of Restaurant Workers in Shanghai, by Yang Shen. Although many existing…
Chen Jitong and Cosmopolitan Possibilities in the Late Qing World
A Review of Fin-de-Siècle Diplomat: Chen Jitong (1852-1907) and Cosmopolitan Possibilities in the Late Qing World, by Ke Ren. In…
Culture and Power in the Chinese Communist Revolution
A review of Reordering China: Culture and Power in the Chinese Communist Revolution, by Xiaohong Xu. Bu Dahua, one of…
Red Tourism in China
A review of Production, Transmission, and Consumption of Red Tourism in China: A Model of the Circuit of Red Heritage…
Why Humanists Should Fall in Love with “Big Data,” and How?
Why Humanists Should Fall in Love with “Big Data,” and How? Maps show historical continuity. Here is a map of…
Sexuality, HIV/AIDS, and Civil Society in China
A Review of Inside the Circle: Sexuality, HIV/AIDS, and Civil Society in Post-Socialist Northwest China, by Casey J. Miller. Although…
Experimental Photography of Ruins in China
A review of Building a History of Experimental Photography of Ruins in Chinese Demolition, by Xavier Ortells-Nicolau. “A philosopher who…
Writing Geography in Early Medieval China
A review of Patterns of the Earth: Writing Geography in Early Medieval China, by David Jonathan Felt. In hardly any…
Money and Trade in Qing China
A review of Money and Trade, Hinterland and Coast, Empire and Nation-State: An Unusual History of Shanxi Piaohao, 1820-1930, by…
“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…