This year's Joseph Levenson Book Prize goes to the 2021 work making "the greatest contribution to increasing understanding of the history, culture, society, politics, or economy of China."
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Bickers and Howlett, eds., Britain and China, 1840-1970: Empire, Finance and War (July 7, 2015)
January 23, 2016
Reviewed by Stacie A. Kent for the History of Diplomacy discussion list.
Chen, Chop Suey, USA - The Story of Chinese Food in America (November 25th 2014)
February 18, 2015
Yong Chen's book was reviewed by Susan B. Carter for H-Environment and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Miller, Wronged by Empire: Post-Imperial Ideology and Foreign Policy in India and China (August 21, 2013)
June 10, 2014
Manjari Chatterjee Miller's book was reviewed by Manjeet Pardesi for H-Diplo in February 2014 and is published 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.
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.
Markley, The Far East and the English Imagination, 2006.
January 1, 2006
David Davies reviews the book for H-Albion, 2007.
Duara, Sovereignty and Authenticity: Manchukuo and the East Asian Modern. State and Society in East Asia Series, 2003.
January 1, 2003
Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom reviews the book for H-Asia, May 2005.
Brooks, Japan's Imperial Diplomacy: Consuls, Treaty Ports, and War in China 1895-1938, 2000
January 1, 2001
Charles Kolb reviews the book for H-Diplo.
Pomeranz, The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy, 2000
January 1, 2000
Peter Perdue reviews the book for H-World, August 2000.
Dryburgh, North China and Japanese Expansion 1933-1937: Regional Power and the National Interest, 2000
January 1, 2000
Bill Sewell reviews the book for H-Japan.
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