Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica 中央研究院近代史研究所

Home > Publications > Non-IMH publications

Date： 2024 Charting America’s Cold War Waters in East Asia: Sovereignty, Local Interests, and International Security Author(s)： Kuan-Jen Chen Abstract： Shifting the focus from land to sea when considering the Cold War in East Asia, Kuan-Jen Chen sheds light on the importance of the ‘oceanic’ lens as a structural imperative in grand strate...	Date： 2024 Top Hats and Lottery Tickets: Horse Racing and Society in Shanghai Author(s)： Ning Jennifer Chang Abstract： This is a popular history of horse racing in China’s leading treaty port, namely Shanghai. This monograph describes how horse racing was introduced, transformed and eventually disappeared due to...
Date： 2024 A Handbook for Thieves in Qing China Author(s)： Jen-shu Wu, Jing-jie Wu Abstract： This book takes Chongqing, a region in Sichuan province during the Qing dynasty, as the stage. Based on archival materials from the yamen, including official documents such as petitions, theft lists, ...	Date： 2024 A Brilliant Literary Achievement: Liang Qichao and the Modern Interpretation of Eastern and Western Learning Author(s)： Max K. W. Huang Abstract： The phrase “a brilliant literary achievement” comes from Hu Shi’s elegiac couplet to Liang Qichao, which reads, “Throughout his life, he recognized himself as the New Citizen of China, and because...
Date： 2023 Popular Customs and Culture in Wenzhou Author(s)： Qi Gang, Paul R. Katz Abstract： The goal of this edited volume is to introduce the roles that popular customs and culture have played in Wenzhou’s social and cultural history. Our book is noteworthy for its interdisciplinary a...	Date： 2023 The Qianlong Emperor’s Treasure Chest: The Qing Imperial Treasures and Fashion in the Capital City Author(s)： Lai huimin Abstract： This book discusses museum artifacts in context of economic history of the Qianlong period. Through tributary and trade exchanges, the eighteenth-century imperial court was filled with gold and silver...
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： 2022 Enlightening the People's Wisdom and Connecting East and West: Yan Fu's Translation and the Intellectual Change in the Late Qing and Early Republican Periods Author(s)： Max K. W. Huang Abstract： This book is a collection of the author’s previous studies on Yan Fu’s works of translation. The book begins with an overview of Yan Fu’s life, then proceeds to examine his translations of scientif...
Date： 2022 Crossing Boundaries in the History of Chinese Art Author(s)： Yu-chih Lai Abstract： The volume has collected articles of various lengths written within the past two decades on seemingly disconnected topics spanning from the Song dynasty in the twelfth century to the late Qing period ...	Date： 2022 Seeing: 48 Object Readers and Their Worlds Author(s)： Yu-Chih Lai Abstract： The discipline of art history, especially following its exposure to material and visual culture in the 1980s and 1990s, has noticed that any man-made object or image—beyond written text and the ...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9