STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Dorothy Ko (University of Washington Press, 2017) For information from the publisher, please click here. An inkstone, a piece of polished stone no bigger than an outstretched hand, is an instrument for grinding ink, an object of art, a token of exchange between friends or sovereign states, and a surface on which texts and images are … [Read more...]
Darwin, Dharma, and the Divine: Evolutionary Theory and Religion
in Modern Japan
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES G. Clinton Godart (University of Hawaii Press, 2017) For information from the publisher, please click here. Darwin, Dharma, and the Divine is the first book in English on the history of evolutionary theory in Japan. Bringing to life more than a century of ideas, G. Clinton Godart examines how and why Japanese intellectuals, religious … [Read more...]
The Cultural Revolution on Trial: Mao and the Gang of Four
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Alexander C. Cook (Cambridge University Press, 2016) For information from the publisher, please click here. The trial of Cultural Revolution leaders, including Mao's widow and her Gang of Four, was the signal event in China's post-Mao transition. In its wake, Chinese socialism emerged from the rubble of the Cultural Revolution to … [Read more...]
Inheritance of Loss: China, Japan, and the Political Economy of Redemption After Empire
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Yukiko Koga (University of Chicago Press, 2016) For information from the publisher, please click here. Winner, 2017 Francis L. K. Hsu Book Prize, American Anthropological Association Winner, 2017 Anthony Leeds Book Prize, American Anthropological Association How do contemporary generations come to terms with losses inflicted by … [Read more...]
Dictators and their Secret Police: Coercive Institutions and State Violence
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Sheena Chestnut Greitens (Cambridge University Press, 2016) For information from the publisher, please click here. Co-Winner, 2017 Best Book Award, American Political Science Association (APSA) Section on Comparative Democratization Co-Winner, 2017 Best Book Award, International Studies Association How do dictators stay in … [Read more...]
