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Date： 2023 The Central Politics School and Local Governance in Nationalist China: Toward a Statecraft beyond Science Author(s)： Chen-cheng Wang Abstract： This book is a political history of global attempts to reduce politics to science and the results of such an attempt in modern China. The book follows the discourses and activities of a special group ...	Date： 2023 The Making of the Enlightenment, The Making of a Movement: A Conceptual History of the Enlightenment in Modern China Author(s)： Chen Chien-shou Abstract：晚清以降，東西文化交流劇增，大量新名詞如潮水般湧向中國。本書結合概念史和全球史的取徑，探索英語世界的“Enlightenment”傳入東亞後，如何在1880–1980這百年間的中國轉譯為「啟蒙運動」，進而發...
Date： 2023 War, Institutions and Thought: The Rise of the General Staff in Modern China Author(s)： Su Sheng-hsiung Abstract： This book is the first to examine the modern Chinese General Staff, demonstrating that, institutionally, the late Qing Dynasty placed great emphasis on the high-level staff organization as a means of ...	Date： 2022 Fabricating Divine Prestige: The Cult of He Xiangu and Local Society in Guangdong’s Zengjiang River Basin, 960-1864 Author(s)： Hsiao-ching Liao Abstract： Fabricating Divine Prestige: The Cult of He Xiangu and Local Society in Guangdong’s Zengjiang River BasiAccording to legend, Zengcheng, Guangzhou is the hometown of the goddess “He Xiangu&...
Date： 2022 The Establishment of the Asia-Pacific Security Regime and the Conclusion of the Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty during the Cold War Author(s)： Huang Tzu-Chin Abstract： The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty, as its name implies, was a bilateral treaty signed between the Republic of China and Japan. However, in actuality, it was the result of maneuvering b...	Date： 2022 Yan Fu: The Man Who Enlightened China with His Pen Author(s)： Max K. W. Huang Abstract： This book is a biography of Yan Fu, arguably the most important thinker and translator in the modern Chinese enlightenment, based on more than thirty years of research. The title of this book, “...
Date： 2021 The Fifty Years that Changed Chinese Religion: 1898-1948 Author(s)： Paul R. Katz, Vincent Goossaert Abstract： In recent years, both scholars and the general public have become increasingly fascinated by the role of religion in modern Chinese life. However, the bulk of attention has been devoted to changes cau...	Date： 2021 Religion, Ethnicity, and Gender in Western Hunan during the Modern Era: The Dao among the Miao? Author(s)： Paul R. Katz Abstract： This book combines historical and ethnographic methodologies to explore changes that occurred during the interaction between Miao ritual traditions and religions such as Daoism. In addition, investiga...
Date： 2021 Hu Shi's Frustration: The Political Choice amid the Clash between Liberty and Authoritarianism Author(s)： Huang, Ko-wu Abstract： Hu Shi was probably the most well-known intellectual in modern China. As a leader of the May Fourth and Vernacular Chinese Movements, he subsequently served as the president of the Peking University, ...	Date： 2020 The Mandarin’s Purse: Yamen and Merchants in Khalkha Mongolia during the Qing Dynasty Author(s)： Lai Hui-min Abstract： This book discusses local finance in Khalkha Mongolia, paying particular attention to how the Qing government controlled this special area of Mongolia and its ethnic groups. Merchants, the author argu...

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