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Sex Ratios and Female Educational Attainment in China

  • Andrew Janco
  • 21 shares
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A review of The Relationship Between Cohort Sex Ratios and Relative Female Educational Attainment in Post-1949 China, by Christina Jenq…
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Idealism and Allusion in the Poetry of Shimazaki Tosun, Doi Bansui, and Yosano Akiko

  • Irina Holca
  • 7 minute read
A review of Beyond Shasei, Beyond Nature: Idealism and Allusion in the Poetry of Shimazaki Tōson, Doi Bansui, and Yosano…
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Coffee, Migration, and Development in Mexico, 1867-1920

  • Ruth Mandujano López
  • 8 minute read
A review of Exporting from Eden: Coffee, Migration, and the Development of the Soconusco, Mexico, 1867-1920, by Casey Marina Lurtz.…
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Money and Monetary Policy in the Soviet Union, 1945-1964

  • Andy Bruno
  • 28 shares
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A review of The Value of a Ruble: A Social History of Money in Postwar Soviet Russia, 1945-1964, by Kristy…
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Astronomy, the Calendar, and the Sagecraft Science in Early Imperial China

  • Filippo Marsili
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  • 8 minute read
A review of Knowing Heaven: Astronomy, the Calendar, and the Sagecraft Science in Early Imperial China, by Daniel Patrick Morgan.…
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A Partnership for Economic Justice and Human Rights

  • Andrew Janco
  • 7 minute read
A review of Look for the Union Label: The American Federation of Labor and the Jewish Labor Committee’s Partnership for…
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The Meru Cosmos in Buddhist Art and Culture

  • Kevin R. E. Greenwood
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  • 10 minute read
Review of Portrait of a Landscape: Depictions of the Meru Cosmos in Buddhist Art and Culture, by Eric Huntington. In…
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Mongolian Identities in the Qing-Republican Transition

  • Matthew King
  • 9 minute read
A review of Ethnicizing the Frontier: Imperial Transformation and Ethnic Confrontations in China-Inner Mongolia, 1890s-1930s, by Liping Wang. Ethnicizing the…
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Performance, Politick, and Respect in Haiti

  • Marvin Chochotte
  • 7 minute read
A review of “We Make the State”: Performance, Politick, and Respect in Urban Haiti, by Chelsey Kivland. The former Haitian…
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Family Counseling and Women’s Rights in Northwest India

  • Claire Snell-Rood
  • 6 minute read
A review of Claiming Care: Family Counseling and Women’s Rights In Northwestern India, by Julia Kowalski. Julia Kowalski’s dissertation, “Claiming…
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