Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Reviews - Pre-1949 China
Van Dyke, Americans and Macao: Trade, Smuggling, and Diplomacy on the South China Cost, 2012
December 31, 2011
Daniel Meissner reviews this book for H-Asia in February 2013.
Dan, Remote Homeland, Recovered Borderland, Manchus, Manchoukuo, and Manchuria, 1907-1985, 2011
January 1, 2011
Shao Dan's book was reviewed by Annika Culver for H-HistGeog and published in October 2012. It is reprinted here under Creative Commons license.
Xu, Strangers on the Western Front -- Chinese Workers in the Great War, 2011
January 1, 2011
Xu Guoqi's book was reviewed by Michael Neiberg for H-War and is reprinted here via Creative Commons license.
Seung-joon Lee, Gourmets in the Land of Famine: The Culture and Politics of Rice in Modern Canton, 2011
January 1, 2011
Edward Melillo reviews the book for H-Environment, August 2011, credit H-Asia.
Fan, Treatises of the Supervisor and Guardian of the Cinnamon Sea -- The Natural World and Material Culture of Twelfth-Century China, 2010
January 1, 2010
Fan Chengda's book was reviewed for the History of Asia discussion list by Sukhee Lee.
Kang, East Asia Before the West: Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute, 2010
January 1, 2010
Valerie Hansen reviews the book for H-Asia, September 2011.
Peattie, Drea, and van de Ven, eds., The Battle for China: Essays on the Military History of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945, 2010
January 1, 2010
This review by Roger Brown was originally published by the H-War discussion list and is reproduced here under Creative Commons license.
Craughwell, The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History: How Genghis Khan's Mongols Almost Conquered the World, 2010
January 1, 2010
Timothy May reviews the book for H-War, June 2010.
Burke and Pomeranz, eds., The Environment and World History, 2009
January 1, 2009
Matthew Evenden reviews the book for H-HistGeog, March 2010.
Stewart, Journeys to Empire-- Enlightenment, Imperialism, and the British Encounter with Tibet, 1774-1904, 2009
January 1, 2009
This book by Gordon Stewart was reviewed by David Templeman and is republished here under Creative Commons license.
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October 20, 2024
October 20, 2024
Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Events
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 3:00pm
Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.