Spain and the Opium Trade in East Asia
A Review of La Participación Española en la Economía del Opio en Asia Oriental tras el Fin del Galeón (The…
Globalization and Consumer Markets in East Asia
A Review of Making East Asian Consumers: Market Formation and Evolution of Demand in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China,…
World History & Imperial Japan
A review of The Standpoint of World History and Imperial Japan, by TAKESHI KIMOTO. “This dissertation,” Takeshi Kimoto writes at…
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…
Japanese Children & Total War
A review of Mobilizing the “Junior Nation”: The Mass Evacuation Of School Children In Wartime Japan, by Gregory Scott Johnson.…
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…
Christianity in the Japanese Empire
A review of Christianity in the Japanese Empire: Nationalism, Conscience, and Faith in Meiji and Taisho Japan, by EMILY ANDERSON…
Reexamining “Conquest Dynasties” in Chinese History
A review of Contending States and Religious Orders in North China and in East Asian Context, 906-1260. By JESSE D.…
“Pleasure Work” in Modern Japan
A review of Bodies, Numbers, and Empires: Representing “The Prostitute” in Modern Japan (1850-1912), by ANNE MARIE LYN DAVIS. “The…
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,…