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Volume 70 - November 2011

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The Art of Doing Good: Charity in Late Ming China. By Joanna Handlin Smith. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. xiii, 405 pp. $34.95 (cloth).
Charlotte Furth
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27 September 2011, pp. 808-810
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The Landscape of Words: Stone Inscriptions from Early and Medieval China. By Robert E. HarristJr. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008. xxvii, 397 pp. $60.00 (cloth).
Stanley K. Abe
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23 February 2011, pp. 196-198
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The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama. Edited by Xiaomei Chen. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. x, 1120 pp. $95.00 (cloth).
Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
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22 December 2011, pp. 1114-1116
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Celebrity in China. Edited by Louise Edwards and Elaine Jeffreys. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2010. xi, 286 pp. $25.00 (paper).
Gary D. Rawnsley
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24 June 2011, pp. 521-522
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A Cultural History of Modern Science in China. By Benjamin A. Elman. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. xiv, 226 pp. $40.50 (cloth); $17.50 (paper).
Bridie Andrews Minehan
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24 June 2011, pp. 522-524
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Rising China and Its Postmodern Fate: Memories of Empire in a New Global Context. By Charles Horner. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2009. xiv, 224 pp. $34.95 (cloth).
Roger Des Forges
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23 February 2011, pp. 198-200
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Smokeless Sugar: The Death of a Provincial Bureaucrat and the Construction of China's National Economy. By Emily M. Hill. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2010. x, 318 pp. $85.00 (cloth).
Margherita Zanasi
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27 September 2011, pp. 810-812
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Cosmologies of Credit: Transnational Mobility and the Politics of Destination in China. By Julie Y. Chu. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2010. xii, 343 pp. $89.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Tan Chee-Beng
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22 December 2011, pp. 1116-1118
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Spectacle and Sacrifice: The Ritual Foundations of Village Life in North China. By David G. Johnson. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2009. 450 pp. $49.95 (cloth).
Adam Yuet Chau
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27 September 2011, pp. 812-814
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Sojourners in a Strange Land: Jesuits and Their Scientific Missions in Late Imperial China. By Florence Hsia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. xv, 273. $45.00 (cloth).
Eugenio Menegon
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23 February 2011, pp. 200-201
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Patriotic Professionalism in Urban China: Fostering Talent. By Lisa M. Hoffman. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2010. 206 pp. $69.50 (cloth); $25.95 (paper).
Xueguang Zhou
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24 June 2011, pp. 524-526
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Chinese and Chinese Mestizos of Manila: Family, Identity, and Culture, 1860s–1930s. By Richard T. Chu. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2010. xviii, 451 pp. $179.00 (cloth).
Michael Cullinane
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22 December 2011, pp. 1118-1120
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Prescribing Colonization: The Role of Medical Practices and Policies in Japan-Ruled Taiwan, 1895–1945. By Michael Shiyung Liu. Asia Past & Present, no. 3. Ann Arbor, MI: Association for Asian Studies, 2009. x, 286 pp. $25.00 (paper).
Jennifer Rudolph
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27 September 2011, pp. 814-816
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Inseparable Separation: The Making of China's Taiwan Policy. By Jing Huang with Xiaoting Li. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2010. x, 452 pp. $96.00 (cloth).
Murray A. Rubinstein
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24 June 2011, pp. 526-528
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China from the Inside Out: Fitting the People's Republic into the World. By Ronald C. Keith. London: Pluto Press, 2009. xv, 192 pp. $80.00 (cloth); $29.95 (paper).
David Chandler
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23 February 2011, pp. 202-203
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Sovereignty at the Edge: Macau and the Question of Chineseness. By Cathryn H. Clayton. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2010. xv, 420 pp. $49.95 (cloth).
Eva P. W. Hung
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22 December 2011, pp. 1120-1121
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Chinese Ecocinema: In the Age of Environmental Challenge. Edited by Sheldon H. Lu and Jiayan Mi. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2009. xiii, 370 pp. $50.00 (cloth); $27.95 (paper).
Christopher Lupke
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27 September 2011, pp. 816-817
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Empresses, Art, and Agency in Song Dynasty China. By Hui-shu Lee. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2010. xi, 331 pp. $65.00 (cloth).
Lara C. W. Blanchard
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24 June 2011, pp. 528-529
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Cultivating Global Citizens: Population in the Rise of China. By Susan Greenhalgh. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010. 156 pp. $29.95 (cloth).
Vanessa L. Fong
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22 December 2011, pp. 1121-1123
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The Age of Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation of China. By Dieter Kuhn. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. 368 pp. $36.50 (cloth).
John W. Chaffee
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23 February 2011, pp. 203-205
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Book Reviews—China

The Art of Doing Good: Charity in Late Ming China. By Joanna Handlin Smith. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. xiii, 405 pp. $34.95 (cloth).

The Landscape of Words: Stone Inscriptions from Early and Medieval China. By Robert E. HarristJr. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008. xxvii, 397 pp. $60.00 (cloth).

The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama. Edited by Xiaomei Chen. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. x, 1120 pp. $95.00 (cloth).

Celebrity in China. Edited by Louise Edwards and Elaine Jeffreys. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2010. xi, 286 pp. $25.00 (paper).

A Cultural History of Modern Science in China. By Benjamin A. Elman. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. xiv, 226 pp. $40.50 (cloth); $17.50 (paper).

Rising China and Its Postmodern Fate: Memories of Empire in a New Global Context. By Charles Horner. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2009. xiv, 224 pp. $34.95 (cloth).

Smokeless Sugar: The Death of a Provincial Bureaucrat and the Construction of China's National Economy. By Emily M. Hill. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2010. x, 318 pp. $85.00 (cloth).

Cosmologies of Credit: Transnational Mobility and the Politics of Destination in China. By Julie Y. Chu. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2010. xii, 343 pp. $89.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

Spectacle and Sacrifice: The Ritual Foundations of Village Life in North China. By David G. Johnson. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2009. 450 pp. $49.95 (cloth).

Sojourners in a Strange Land: Jesuits and Their Scientific Missions in Late Imperial China. By Florence Hsia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. xv, 273. $45.00 (cloth).

Patriotic Professionalism in Urban China: Fostering Talent. By Lisa M. Hoffman. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2010. 206 pp. $69.50 (cloth); $25.95 (paper).

Chinese and Chinese Mestizos of Manila: Family, Identity, and Culture, 1860s–1930s. By Richard T. Chu. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2010. xviii, 451 pp. $179.00 (cloth).

Prescribing Colonization: The Role of Medical Practices and Policies in Japan-Ruled Taiwan, 1895–1945. By Michael Shiyung Liu. Asia Past & Present, no. 3. Ann Arbor, MI: Association for Asian Studies, 2009. x, 286 pp. $25.00 (paper).

Inseparable Separation: The Making of China's Taiwan Policy. By Jing Huang with Xiaoting Li. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2010. x, 452 pp. $96.00 (cloth).

China from the Inside Out: Fitting the People's Republic into the World. By Ronald C. Keith. London: Pluto Press, 2009. xv, 192 pp. $80.00 (cloth); $29.95 (paper).

Sovereignty at the Edge: Macau and the Question of Chineseness. By Cathryn H. Clayton. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2010. xv, 420 pp. $49.95 (cloth).

Chinese Ecocinema: In the Age of Environmental Challenge. Edited by Sheldon H. Lu and Jiayan Mi. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2009. xiii, 370 pp. $50.00 (cloth); $27.95 (paper).

Empresses, Art, and Agency in Song Dynasty China. By Hui-shu Lee. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2010. xi, 331 pp. $65.00 (cloth).

Cultivating Global Citizens: Population in the Rise of China. By Susan Greenhalgh. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010. 156 pp. $29.95 (cloth).

The Age of Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation of China. By Dieter Kuhn. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. 368 pp. $36.50 (cloth).

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