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Date： 2017 “Heaven” after Catastrophe: Urban Life in Suzhou under Japanese Occupation Author(s)： Wu Jen-shu Abstract： This book explores Suzhou urban life under Japanese occupation during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), contributing to both the history of consumption and understanding of occupied China. It focuses...	Date： 2017 Sagehood and Familial Ethics: Confucianism in the Contexts of Religious Dialogues During the Ming-Qing Transition Author(s)： Lu Miaw-fen Abstract： This monograph revisits issues pertaining to the development of Confucianism from late Ming to early Qing, as well as their implications for late imperial Chinese intellectual history. Based on variou...
Date： 2017 Creating a Paradise for Consumption: Department Stores and Modern Urban Culture in Shanghai Author(s)： Lien Ling-ling Abstract： This book explores the history of department stores from a cultural perspective, examining how this new type of enterprise helped reshape the urban landscape of Republican-era Shanghai. What distingui...	Date： 2016 If It’s Not Dirty, It’s No Joke: Humor, Desire, and the Body in Chinese Masculinity Author(s)： Huang Ko-wu Abstract： This study deals with the mentality of Chinese men from the late imperial era to the modern period. The author uses joke books, popular songs, erotic novels, and other materials from the Ming-Qing per...
Date： 2016 The New History of Modern China Written by Scholars Across the Taiwan Strait Author(s)：社會科學文獻出版社 Abstract： This four-volume, organized by the Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, and the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica in Taipei, represents the results of...	Date： 2015 Shaping the New Man: CCP Propaganda and Soviet Experiences Author(s)： Yu Miin-ling Abstract： Based on the perspectives of politics, foreign relations, culture and society, this book explores what the Chinese Communist Party learned from Soviet experiences of utilizing novels, textbooks, songs...
Date： 2015 Merchants and Chinese Communist Revolution, 1919-1927 Author(s)： Li Ta-chia Abstract： This book is arguably the first monograph to offer an in-depth view of relations between the Chinese Communist Party and merchants, thereby shedding new light on the CCP’s early history. In contrast ...	Date： 2014 Neither Donkey nor Horse: Medicine in the Struggle over China's Modernity Author(s)： Sean Hsiang-lin Lei Abstract： Neither Donkey nor Horse aims to answer one question: How was Chinese medicine transformed from an antithesis of modernity in the early twentieth century into a potent symbol and vehicle for China&rsq...
Date： 2014 In Search of Western Learning: A History of Reading in Late Qing China, 1833-1898 Author(s)： Pan Kwang-che Abstract： In what is the first Chinese-language monograph on the history of reading, Pan Kwang-che draws on case studies to meticulously reconstruct how late Qing literati engaged with Western knowledge during ...	Date： 2014 Religion in China and its Modern Fate Author(s)： PAUL R. KATZ Abstract： This study explores processes of change that shaped the fate of Chinese religion during the last decade of the Qing dynasty and the entire Republican era. It endeavors to place religion at the core of...

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