STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Jia-Chen Fu (University of Washington Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. In the early twentieth century, China was stigmatized as the "Land of Famine." Meanwhile in Europe and the United States, scientists and industrialists seized upon the soybean as a miracle plant that could help build modern … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Max Oidtmann’s “Forging the Golden Urn”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Forging the Golden Urn: The Qing Empire and the Politics of Reincarnation in Tibet, published by Columbia University Press. The book's author is Max Oidtmann, an Assistant Professor of Asian History at Georgetown University Qatar. In 1995, the People’s Republic of China … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Philip Thai’s “China’s War on Smuggling”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: China's War on Smuggling: Law, Economic Life, and the Making of the Modern State, 1842–1965, published by Columbia University Press. The book's author is Philip Thai, an Assistant Professor of History at Northeastern University. Smuggling along the Chinese coast has … [Read more...]
Forging the Golden Urn: The Qing Empire and the Politics of Reincarnation in Tibet
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Max Oidtmann (Columbia University Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. In 1995, the People’s Republic of China resurrected a Qing-era law mandating that the reincarnations of prominent Tibetan Buddhist monks be identified by drawing lots from a golden urn. The Chinese Communist Party hoped to limit the … [Read more...]
Playing by the Informal Rules: Why the Chinese Regime Remains Stable despite Rising Protests
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Yao Li (Cambridge University Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. Growing protests in non-democratic countries are often seen as signals of regime decline. China, however, has remained stable amid surging protests. Playing by the Informal Rules highlights the importance of informal norms in structuring … [Read more...]
