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Philip E. Lilienthal Imprint in Asian Studies

The Philip E. Lilienthal imprint honors special books in commemoration of a man whose work at University of California Press from 1954 to 1979 was marked by dedication to young authors and to high standards in the field of Asian Studies. Friends, family, authors and foundations have together endowed the Lilienthal Fund, which enables UC Press to publish under this imprint selected books in a way that reflects the taste and judgment of a great and beloved editor.
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The Moys of New York and Shanghai: One Family's Extraordinary Journey Through War and Revolution
by Charlotte Brooks (Author)Mar 2026
Open Access
The Narrowing Sea: Fukuoka, Pusan, and the Rise and Fall of an Imperial Region
by Hannah Shepherd (Author)Dec 2025
In the Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan
by James Lin (Author)Apr 2025Open Access

Collaborative Settler Colonialism: Japanese Migration to Brazil in the Age of Empires
by Sidney Xu Lu (Author)Feb 2025Open Access
The State's Sexuality: Prostitution and Postcolonial Nation Building in South Korea
by Park Jeong-Mi (Author)Aug 2024
Open Access
Kretek Capitalism: Making, Marketing, and Consuming Clove Cigarettes in Indonesia
by Marina Welker (Author)Mar 2024Open Access
Becoming Global Asia: Contemporary Genres of Postcolonial Capitalism in Singapore
by Cheryl Narumi Naruse (Author)Oct 2023Open Access
A Life of Worry: Politics, Mental Health, and Vietnam’s Age of Anxiety
by Allen L Tran (Author)Aug 2023Open Access

Provincializing Empire: Omi Merchants in the Japanese Transpacific Diaspora
by Jun Uchida (Author)Feb 2023Open Access
Open Access
Bridging Two Worlds: Comparing Classical Political Thought and Statecraft in India and China
by Daniel A. Bell (Editor), Amitav Acharya (Editor), and 2 moreJan 2023Open Access
Open Access
Cancer and the Kali Yuga: Gender, Inequality, and Health in South India
by Cecilia Coale Van Hollen (Author)Oct 2022

