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02
Dec

Make the Han Great Again

by Kevin Carrico, author of The Great Han: Race, Nationalism, and Tradition in China Today This guest post is published in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association conference in Washington D.C.. Check back regularly for …

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19
Mar

Finding Women in the State

by Wang Zheng, author of Finding Women in the State: A Socialist Feminist Revolution in the People’s Republic of China, 1949-1964 This is our final guest post published in conjunction with the …

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09
May

The Transformation of Zouping, China

It’s common knowledge at this point that China has rapidly transformed over the last few decades. Andrew Kipnis, an Anthropologist at The Australian National University, has looked at how one city, Zouping, has …

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10
Jan

Zouping and Chinese Urbanization

by Andrew B. Kipnis This guest post is part of a series published in conjunction with the meeting of the American Historical Association in Atlanta. UC Press authors share insight into their research and stories that …

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13
Dec

Laughter in China

And now for something completely different: introducing the first-ever history of laughter in China! Lauded by legendary Python Eric Idle as “the finest in its field to include a lyric by me,” …

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15
Apr

Interracial Marriage

By Emma Jinhua Teng This guest post is published in advance of the Organization of American Historians conference in St. Louis. UC Press authors share their research and stories that reflect on …

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18
Mar

The Rise of Eco-Cities

By Julie Sze This guest post is published in advance of the American Society for Environmental History conference in Washington, DC. UC Press authors share their research and stories that reflect on …

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