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Volume 72 - November 2013

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History of the Opium Problem: The Assault on the East, ca. 1600–1950. By Hans Derks. Leiden: Brill, 2012. xxvi, 824 pp. $288.00 (cloth).
Joyce A. Madancy
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28 November 2013, pp. 972-973
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China: Its Environment and History. By Robert B. Marks. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2012. xxi, 345 pp. $42.95 (cloth).
Peter C. Perdue
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18 March 2013, pp. 183-185
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Childbirth in Republican China: Delivering Modernity. By Tina Phillips Johnson. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011. xliv, 221 pp. $65.00 (cloth).
Shao Dan
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28 May 2013, pp. 448-450
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Picturing the True Form: Daoist Visual Culture in Traditional China. By Shih-shan Susan Huang. Harvard East Asian Monographs 342. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2012. xxv, 526 pp., 368 ill. (80 color, 46 halftone, 242 line art). $69.95 (cloth).
Julia K. Murray
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19 September 2013, pp. 691-693
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Places of Memory in Modern China: History, Politics, and Identity. Edited by Marc Andre Matten. Leiden: Brill, 2012. x, 285 pp. $151.00 (cloth).
Shana J. Brown
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18 March 2013, pp. 185-187
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Feichang yu zhengchang: Shanghai ‘Wenge’ shiqi de shehui bianqian [The extraordinary and the ordinary: Social change in Shanghai during the ‘Cultural Revolution’]. By Jin Dalu. Shanghai: Shanghai cishu chubanshe, 2011. Vol. 1: 406 pp. Vol. 2: 459 pp. RMB 88.00 (paper).
Henrietta Harrison
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19 September 2013, pp. 693-695
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Barefoot Doctors and Western Medicine in China. By Xiaoping Fang. Rochester, N.Y.: University of Rochester Press, 2012. xii, 294 pp. $90.00 (cloth).
Ka-wai Fan
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28 November 2013, pp. 973-975
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Developmental Fairy Tales: Evolutionary Thinking and Modern Chinese Culture. By Andrew F. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2011. 259 pp. $49.95 (cloth).
Leon Antonio Rocha
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28 May 2013, pp. 450-452
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Paths toward the Modern Fiscal State: England, Japan, and China. By Wenkai He. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2013. x, 313 pp. $55.00 (cloth).
Philip Thai
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28 November 2013, pp. 975-977
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The Soul of Beijing Opera: Theatrical Creativity and Continuity in the Changing World. By Li Ruru. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2010. xvi, 335 pp. $28.00 (paper).
Ashley Thorpe
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19 September 2013, pp. 695-696
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A Passion for Facts: Social Surveys and the Construction of the Chinese Nation-State, 1900–1949. By Tong Lam. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. xiii, 263 pp. $60.00 (cloth).
Fa-ti Fan
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28 May 2013, pp. 452-453
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Politicized Society: The Long Shadow of Taiwan's One-Party Legacy. By Mikael Mattlin. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2011. xiv, 303 pp. $90.00 (cloth); $32.00 (paper).
Thomas B. Gold
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18 March 2013, pp. 187-188
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The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition. By Li Zehou, translated by Maija Bell Samei. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2010. xix, 257 pp. $50.00 (cloth).
Haun Saussy
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19 September 2013, pp. 697-698
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Chinese Medicine and Healing: An Illustrated History. Edited by TJ Hinrichs and Linda L. Barnes. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2013. x, 464 pp. $45.00 (cloth).
Pierce Salguero
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28 November 2013, pp. 977-978
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Ghetto at the Center of the World: Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong. By Gordon Mathews. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011. xi, 242 pp. $62.00 (cloth); $19.00 (paper).
Sebastian Veg
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28 May 2013, pp. 453-455
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Yang Xiong and the Pleasures of Reading and Classical Learning in China. By Michael Nylan. New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 2011. 148 pp. $34.00 (cloth).
J. Michael Farmer
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18 March 2013, pp. 188-190
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Creativity and Its Discontents: China's Creative Industries and Property Rights Offenses. By Laikwan Pang. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2012. ix, 299 pp. $89.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).
Carlos Rojas
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28 May 2013, pp. 455-457
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Reinventing Modern China: Imagination and Authenticity in Chinese Historical Writing. By Huaiyin Li. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2013. xii, 338 pp. $52.00 (cloth).
Peter Zarrow
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28 November 2013, pp. 978-980
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Going Private in China: The Politics of Corporate Restructuring and System Reform. Edited by Jean C. Oi. Stanford, Calif.: Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, distributed by the Brookings Institution Press, 2011. xxiv, 295 pp. $28.95 (paper).
Jonathan Brookfield
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18 March 2013, pp. 190-191
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Gender and Sexuality in Modern Chinese History. By Susan L. Mann. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. xx, 235 pp. $90.00 (cloth); $28.99 (paper).
Johanna Sirera Ransmeier
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19 September 2013, pp. 698-700
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Book Reviews—China

History of the Opium Problem: The Assault on the East, ca. 1600–1950. By Hans Derks. Leiden: Brill, 2012. xxvi, 824 pp. $288.00 (cloth).

China: Its Environment and History. By Robert B. Marks. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2012. xxi, 345 pp. $42.95 (cloth).

Childbirth in Republican China: Delivering Modernity. By Tina Phillips Johnson. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011. xliv, 221 pp. $65.00 (cloth).

Picturing the True Form: Daoist Visual Culture in Traditional China. By Shih-shan Susan Huang. Harvard East Asian Monographs 342. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2012. xxv, 526 pp., 368 ill. (80 color, 46 halftone, 242 line art). $69.95 (cloth).

Places of Memory in Modern China: History, Politics, and Identity. Edited by Marc Andre Matten. Leiden: Brill, 2012. x, 285 pp. $151.00 (cloth).

Feichang yu zhengchang: Shanghai ‘Wenge’ shiqi de shehui bianqian [The extraordinary and the ordinary: Social change in Shanghai during the ‘Cultural Revolution’]. By Jin Dalu. Shanghai: Shanghai cishu chubanshe, 2011. Vol. 1: 406 pp. Vol. 2: 459 pp. RMB 88.00 (paper).

Barefoot Doctors and Western Medicine in China. By Xiaoping Fang. Rochester, N.Y.: University of Rochester Press, 2012. xii, 294 pp. $90.00 (cloth).

Developmental Fairy Tales: Evolutionary Thinking and Modern Chinese Culture. By Andrew F. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2011. 259 pp. $49.95 (cloth).

Paths toward the Modern Fiscal State: England, Japan, and China. By Wenkai He. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2013. x, 313 pp. $55.00 (cloth).

The Soul of Beijing Opera: Theatrical Creativity and Continuity in the Changing World. By Li Ruru. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2010. xvi, 335 pp. $28.00 (paper).

A Passion for Facts: Social Surveys and the Construction of the Chinese Nation-State, 1900–1949. By Tong Lam. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. xiii, 263 pp. $60.00 (cloth).

Politicized Society: The Long Shadow of Taiwan's One-Party Legacy. By Mikael Mattlin. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2011. xiv, 303 pp. $90.00 (cloth); $32.00 (paper).

The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition. By Li Zehou, translated by Maija Bell Samei. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2010. xix, 257 pp. $50.00 (cloth).

Chinese Medicine and Healing: An Illustrated History. Edited by TJ Hinrichs and Linda L. Barnes. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2013. x, 464 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Ghetto at the Center of the World: Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong. By Gordon Mathews. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011. xi, 242 pp. $62.00 (cloth); $19.00 (paper).

Yang Xiong and the Pleasures of Reading and Classical Learning in China. By Michael Nylan. New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 2011. 148 pp. $34.00 (cloth).

Creativity and Its Discontents: China's Creative Industries and Property Rights Offenses. By Laikwan Pang. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2012. ix, 299 pp. $89.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

Reinventing Modern China: Imagination and Authenticity in Chinese Historical Writing. By Huaiyin Li. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2013. xii, 338 pp. $52.00 (cloth).

Going Private in China: The Politics of Corporate Restructuring and System Reform. Edited by Jean C. Oi. Stanford, Calif.: Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, distributed by the Brookings Institution Press, 2011. xxiv, 295 pp. $28.95 (paper).

Gender and Sexuality in Modern Chinese History. By Susan L. Mann. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. xx, 235 pp. $90.00 (cloth); $28.99 (paper).

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